ColdSingha

this stinks of blame it on the victims rather than the true culprits.. drunk/irresponsible punks driving dangerously

Cyclists perhaps need to learn to signal their movements and follow universal traffic rules, while motorists should understand the meaning of the words "mercy and compassion"

it says a lot about the world we live in that anyone would need to be taught the meaning of those words

reminds me of when hua hin beach vendors were caught selling som tum for ridiculous prices.. give it a week and new menus printed up.. with the ridiculous prices on. carry on

Not helping injured people - 10 years jail minimum. Doesn't matter intoxicated or not. Leaving badly wounded people suffering on the scene only thinking about yourself is LOWER than low. Piece of filth.

RIP to the victim who died.

Before they require drivers to render aid to victims, they need to put in place good Samaritan laws that protect the drivers from being prosecuted if their "help" is seen to cause further injury, as help from the untrained is prone to do.

It would also be helpful to put in meaningful punishment for vigilante justice that often sees drivers who don't do a runner beaten and even killed by angry bystanders and folks from the other vehicle.

The long term residents I work with, all tell me the best thing to do in an accident with injuries is to get away, contact the company attorney, and let him deal with it. And these aren't Thai guys. These are Brits, Canucks and Yanks.

Yes, that's true. On the other hand in the one instance I required the assistance of 'good samaritans' ( having fainted and cut my head open because of a low blood pressure issue) they were readily forthcoming...all Thai and they assistance they rendered was wonderful. I suspect it is the guilty and guilt-ridden who hide behind the good samaritan issue as a way to flee in a cowardly manner.

buddy of mine was passing an accident and stopped to help someone who'd fell off his bike. when the guy came round he pointed at my buddy and claimed to anyone who'd listen he'd ran him off the road and demanded money!

best to just drive by..

nice spam affiliate link in the OP by the way

ilikeHD have it and are half the price of sport365 and have 300 other channels as well (sky, fox, cth and bt sports etc..)

By say "family run business" what do you mean? Are you married to a Thai? If so, the rules change and I think that you only need 2 employees.

i'm married and was told i would still need 4 employees (hua hin)

Apparently Thai economists are not learning anything from the failures of the west, USA in particular. Quantitative easing is being abused and creates currency supplies based on nothing. Now in Thailand as well? Say goodbye to all your easy and now fleeting riches Thailanders. This will create a bubble not unlike the bubbles that occur in America, the latest being the housing bubble created through the easing under the Clinton admin.

thai economists are learning everything from the west. they and their monied masters will of course be loading up on assets and awaiting the wealth effect

the poor however will suffer the same fate as the developed world. runaway inflation in food, rent, education and healthcare..

oh well cant win em all

Which half?

The half owned by one family or the others?

Don't worry, the time has come for all of them to pay what is due for a long time.

Give some credit to this government for their efforts to clear this country from these vermin

Costas, could you give us an example in which the government has succeeded so far.

Can you give us an example in which the ptp and trt governments ever succeeded ? (except int filling their own pockets)

30 baht healthcare?

so rising thai public debt is not a problem anymore?

spend spend spend say credit card companies..

no mention of adding adsense to one's youtube channel?!

i am shocked lol

We are having to monitor the water situation very closely, but we are not facing a water shortage, he said.

so why do you need to monitor it very closely then..

this is the type of news that does more damage than good

surprised they didn't ban the rock music too

there's that "for thai people only" bit. how long do us foreigners have to put up with this racist, apartheid double pricing bullshit?

whats next? ferang at the back of the bus only..

You're not quite right with your statement. It means the end of double pricing, now you've got a discount for locals.

Fatfather

yeah sorry i'm just a bit cranky after i got a haircut yesterday and noticed that i had to pay double, SORRY, that thais get a 50% discount just before i had to pay. owner wasnt too pleased when i pointed out i could in fact read the thai language pricelist

oh, and citizens are just going to volunteer all this taxable income information then..?

"Agriculture Minister Pitipong Puengboon Na-Ayutthaya said the planned registration is not aimed at updating the database of tax payers but it is aimed at allowing the government to provide enough financial support to low income earners in time."

yeah right.

wasn't it just yesterday that Prayut was complaining taxes in Thailand only account for 18% of GDP compared to 40% in developed economies?

Will be growing and breeding Tilapia Fish. Grown for eating

yes as you would be taking away work from a thai person.

you can buy fully grown fish from the market

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maybe a focus on dumping rubbish rather than "collecting" it might be more effective in the long run

which one? the one for the poor or the one for the rich?