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Finless !!! maybe sharks are scarce so they've found an alternative !

Zuma is a crook and a liar.  However the West stays quiet. Obviously money ensures silence.

If the EHIA & EIA had been done correctly in the first place then no delay would have been needed.  Even so 3 years seems a long time.  Is that an indication when the election will be held ?

Would have been nice if His Majesty could have attended as the British royal family does on Rememberance Day.

More "black snow" this morning in my part of Isaan. R24 busy with sugar trucks. Maybe our air will improve when the sugar harvest finishes.

For a country that claims to be one of the leading world tourist destinations such restrictions are stupid.

1 minute ago, Jiggo said:

Non Smokers can use the remaining venues without the risk of cancer.....

Have you never been to a pub that is quiet inside but the outside area is busy ?  I have many times, when the climate allows !

I can understand having the ban because the unsightly discarded cig butts, which persist for a long time, but what if you smoke a pipe, or cigars, or even roll- your-own, there's no butts that persist for months ?  There's only some leaf and maybe a wee bit of paper which will cause minimum environmental harm. Just a thought !!!

Most of the countries in SE Asia are major plastic litter in the sea contributers.    Indonesia and the Phillipines have a much larger coastline and larger populations, but nevertheless Thailand ranks number 6 in the worlds worse polluters.  Not something to be proud of.

I suspect that the groundwater under most of Bangkok isn't good, with salt-water intrusion and pollution infiltration.  I'd  be interested to know if they had a filtration system in place or had water treatment chemicals.  Not that I have visited such a place, but I do have a borehole at home.

2 minutes ago, dunroaming said:

And what is your contribution to human rights issues?  I expect you are too busy....

These luvies have mega egos.  If they were really sincere they would donate some of the millions they have amassed in tax free banks.  As for me, you don't know me or all the things I have done for charities, so your intended abuse marks you as a troll.

Multi-millionaire luvies getting awards from the Billionaire World Elite. Excuse me I want to be sick !

Watchgate will come to be seen as the defining moment of this Junta.  It has exposed the true nature of the self appointed leaders for the whole world to see.

Is it not that the dollar,  pound and euro are falling in value ?

I guess Porkie needs more time to "borrow" some more watches.

So if it's true that he was lent them by an extremely rich friend who has since died I would have thought not returning them to the deceased family is akin to stealing.

Surely any foreign investment will be put on hold awaiting the outcome of the election that MAY happen later this year. I find the 22%  figure for 2017 rather odd, but if you're coming from a low in 2016 then it could be real. Also how much is internal investment used by the junta to gain support ?

Judging by what has happened with thd lottery -   correct price, 80 baht -  but now prices going up to 100 baht and more -  this government is full of promises  but can't deliver on real stuff. The election is really big  stuff and they can't or won't deliver.

Burning in the open air.  Is that just for show ?  Haven't they got access to an incinerater ?  So very 3rd world and bad for the people downwind.

AIDS is very common in Uganda. Anyone going with those girls must have a death wish.

3 hours ago, soalbundy said:

I thought Zimbabwe was a democracy, so how are their lives in danger ? dodgy dealings in the underworld perhaps as they seem to have enough cash to travel about a lot.

You really need to research what has happened in Zimbabwe. It is even less democratic than Thailand. 

This watches story isn't going to die, no matter how much the generals wish it would.  In fact they risk this becoming how the current junta will be remembered in the future.  A kind of "Watchgate".

This was used in South Africa many years ago. It worked, but needs to be enforced 365 days a year and not just a New Year stunt.

Thailand needs experienced qualified inspectors, that can't be bought. Ain't going to happen in Thailand is it ?  

This is what happens when raw sewerage is pumped into the seas. Crabs, lobsters, prawns and other bottom feeders (no pun intended) are an even greater risk.