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To date this "fake news" still is painting about the most likely scenario of what may have happened, a deep contrast to the 'official' multi gangs with multi methods the same night, by coincidence, randomly generated acct numbers too...

4 hours ago, snowgard said:

other people packed their belongins and moved for some weeks/months to Pattaya. 

But some people was not so clever!!! ????

 

Maybe you can relocate a 3 bedroom house with garden, I didn't have a solution for that at the time.

"As of Sept 30, the number of Thailand Elite Card holders was 11,132. Most come from China, Japan, South Korea, Britain and the US. Markets with the highest growth rate in the fiscal year were China (up 52%), followed by the US and Germany (44% each), France (31%) and Britain (29%).Oct 16, 2563 BE"

THat is the 500k-1 million 5-20 yrs, no investment.

why would 10000 ppl rush to throw away 32 million bath for a work permit and a 5 yr temporary residency permit?

makes zero sense.

Curious how much it cost to develop this great idea?

3 hours ago, smedly said:

nonsense

 

Exactly!

I don't think in the big effort to wrap this quickly they really think over that answer.

For online shopping, one will still need not only the 16 digit card number, but a correct expire day/year, and the 3 digit CVV ( card verification value) code too....

Truly magical if one can randomly generate all that.

2 hours ago, Denim said:

That was not Yingluks fault.

 

The then democrat governor  of Bangkok refused to open drainage  gates to allow water to flow through the city to pumping stations south of the city. Downtown Bangkok remained dry as a result whereas your house and mine got flooded.

True to a point.

But who is the higher up?

A city governor or a prime minister?

If Bangkok gets a few cm water, and we would have 50cm, my house would stay dry...

Meanwhile, where the ppl were supposed to stay? Evacuation? Help?

Yingluck is  (partially) responsible.

4 hours ago, snowgard said:

Wow!!! Do you can't use your brain? What SHE had to do with the flood? The flood start in July and she started her job on 5th August. What do you think she could have done? Use a magic wand or do a "Stop Rain Dance"?

The old government and the military were responsible for this.
But it is always easier to blame the newcomers for the mistakes.

 

 She was in position to order/speed up water discharge months before she made the decision to flood my area...

But chose to worry about some areas Bkk not getting 5cm flood, or raising barricades around some industrial park.

I know, hard on your brain to think logically...

But more...

As prime minister she took little to give help to the ppl, who got often their whole life ruined.

The one time 5k thb was nothing, the front door cost more.

But what would a keyboard warrior like you know?

How to explain someone the difference between a flash flood of 20 cm water, and a 2 months 2 meter deep continuous flood in an area haven't seen any for decades?

If you were there, watching your furniture and belongings float, and your house ruined, you would look at thing differently.

5 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

That is very nice, but why she couldn't stay in Thailand???

More competition + less welfare.

Article said, an entrepreneur. 

Recognized Thailand as a bad business decision?

Prayuth made his own case regarding the debate about him should or not stay on beyond 2022....

 NO!

Time to decide: if vaccination is the key, then Phuket could be opened fully as "sandbox" with any and all quarantine scraped for vaccinated foreigners.

There the majority of locals vaccinated.

If vaccination isn't the answer, the time to drop the pretense that the situation is likely to change from 1st Nov, or any time soon regarding travel and tourism.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Thai Civil Court today (Friday) dismissed a plea for restrictions on public gatherings to be lifted, submitted by Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) and two Ratsadon anti-establishment protesters.

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

If you think those situations are comparable in any way I am surprised. Those at the funeral will be wearing masks.

So you suggest if those pesky political protesters would only be pledging to wear a mask they would be happily granted the freedom to protest against their great leaders, the general and co.?

19 hours ago, ThailandGuy said:

Fake! So untrue. Many publications contradict this nonsense of oxygen level that drop. I can even run with a ffp2 mask. No issues at all.

While perhaps it isn't as bad for oxygen or whatnot,

I would be careful to come to the conclusion in the end that face mask would help in breathing either... ????

If you enjoy running around in a mask, keep doing it, personally I find it a negative thing when running.

The plan has been made!

Quickly now, just enough time to stock up on plastic bags before the race is on!!!

2 hours ago, MRToMRT said:

Other articles on other sites are referring specifically to the charge being on  " foreign tourists" 

How to differentiate between a Cambodia family coming for holiday, vs a European guy returning to his family to a visit to his parents in his home country?

Who is actually the "tourist" ?

This idea would fly well if there would be 40 million tourists lining up like 2 yrs ago...

But the moment it isn't the case.

Alienating tourists at the get go is not the policy for this situation.

Besides, this doesn't specify tourists, but entering Thailand:

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Every man, woman and child who enters Thailand from January 1st will have to pay 500 baht for the privilege.

Will that apply to the cheap migrant labour they are in dire need too, despite the unemployment being at a high?

Bcos I don't think most from Myanmar will cheer to this privilege either.

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Domestic travel should increase exponentially then?

Err, it was a few Thai names on the list, but the bulk is foreigners all over the globe....