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I would reckon the Chinese operators are much more efficient and work harder than their Thai rivals.  So the free market is against the law in LOS.  Oh dear !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is the ban on actual smoking or is it for discarding butts. If a smoker discards his responsibily then the quoted environmental problem hasn't been createdl, surely !!!

2 minutes ago, halloween said:

Does anybody really believe that the maximum penalty for damage to the environment would be applied for dropping a butt?

You're correct, but I think what concerns people (me included as I'm a smoker) is that this is an open invitation to police and other officials to invent their own penalty, e.g."OK, farang pay 5000 cash, now" and everyone assumes it will go straight in their back pocket. The traffic cops are a fine example of such behaviour.

Holy shit ! how much BS can Thais take ?

Send an aircraft carrier with no operational planes !   I don't think so.  A nuclear armed submarine is a totally different matter.

Didn't a certain person warn Thailand a fee months ago that due to Climate Change droughts would be more common ?  quack quack !!!

Just waiting for floods to reach central Bangkok and another speech by the PM to say another committee has been formed to sort out the problem.

Wonder if this and other restrictions will affect the number ( of non-Chinese ) tourists coming to LOS  !!!

Guess they haven't greased all the waiting palms.

It's a tradition that royals around the world attend the funeral of a fellow royal.  Be interesting to see what other royals from Europe attend.  

Could be solved in a couple of weeks with good operators.  Yet again the lack of good landfill management raises its head.

I suggest anyone interested read wikkapedia "waste management in Thailand"   It seems that when the junta took over they promised to sort out the waste management problem. So what's happened ?????

I wonder who is the real power in Thailand.  The PM tells Trump, in front of the World's press 2018,  but the next day the DPM (& Minister of "Defence") says "No it might be 2019". Is  General (retd) O-Cha just a front man for a man who would, for various reasons, be unacceptable on the World's stage ???

1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

Curious, I Googw"environmental studies Thaila. nd". It seems they do teach it: http://www.muic.mahidol.ac.th/eng/?page_id=13670 so why doesn't that translate to people coming up with solutions? Not enough money? Respect for superiors? Or just idiotic bureaucracy? 

But do the students understand and furthermore  what is the qualifications of the "teachers"?

Just a look at the photo says what the major problem is - PLASTIC. That combined with no compaction means a fire is waiting to happen.  I guess landfill management isn't a topic at Thai colleges.

If they are only prepared to pay peanuts to "dispose" of their waste, then this is the result.

500 in 6 months, wow that's carnage !!!

Why not make them 4 wheels and call them golf carts. Strong market for them surely. I remember 3 wheeled cars in Britain, Reliant Robins, very dangerous, although the Morgan was good.

I wonder what Trump thinks of that !!!

What about all the teachers from the Phillipines that seem to be in nearly every school and they're cheap. Surely any retired teacher would want to come back on no less than their old salary.  Still might give "too old" farangs a chance !!!!!

The Tories have a track record of knifing their leaders in the back if they feel their grip on power is at risk. May may be gone by May next year !!!

34 minutes ago, steven100 said:

No country will want to have anything to do with her.

Sorry Steven but money opens many doors.

And yet the Baht is strong against the currencies of the countries importing Thai goods !!!

3 hours ago, Mickmouse1 said:

 

B. Be careful because if you apply the same logic to e.g.  Brirain,  then all Jews, Blacks, Asians, Muslims etc etc could not be classed as British ! 

appy  

Only 6% said the government must ensure there is no double standard of treatment.  Must have been a very select pole !