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And, apparently according to the article, they have just created 273 more greedy snouts.

I used to live at VT3 and the project changed to calculating the maintenance fee by sqm, rather than a flat unit fee. I don't remember if that was the case for any of the other VTs. The VT projects have some of the most reasonable maintenance fees.

I liked the excellent posts from both of the 'Chris' posters. I feel like I am happier now than in some of my earlier years. I think it's important to keep a positive outlook as much as you can and I always try to see the glass as half full rather than half empty.

Hmm. Never did anything corrupt for money. Yet owns 29 mostly super cars, several homes, and lord know what else. All on a cop's salary. Hmm.

No, we did not get anything to carry with us after the second jabs. Our vaccination info is only on the Mor Prom app--and only in Thai. My partner wasn't sure what the procedure would be when and if we travel by air. Any other information by others is welcome.

I don't have any paper proof of my 2 vaccinations tocarry around. The only paper I have is my second vaccination appointment. I think my Thai partner has something on his phone that says--in Thai--that we both got 2 vaccinations of Sinovac.

Get rid of the 'no' in the headline and you'll be on point with what comes next.

The topic is 'Neo Pattaya--the manicured shape of things to come.' I believe my post, which also talked about Beach Road trees, was not really 'going away from the topic'. Nothing wrong with discussing one thing in a topic and then suggesting it could be applied elsewhere, as well. (I don't have any problem with you 'going away from the topic' with your suggestion that planting trees on Nua or Klang--nothing to do with 'removal of trees on the Beach'--would probably damage the cables.)

Someone will likely be along to say Pattaya has enough shady creepers already.

So, if he surrendered it's all been sorted. Pay a fine and off to an inactive post. Meanwhile, let's auction off the cars and donate the money to organizations feeding the homeless and unemployed.

They could start with North Pattaya Road, now that the wires have been buried. In my opinion none of the major roads are too narrow for trees--there's seems to be plenty of room on the sidewalks for everything but trees.

Doesn't anyone read anymore? I'm talking about wires that have now been buried on other major roads, not Beach Road. Now that the wires are buried, shade trees can be planted on these roads. With regard to Beach Road, yes the shade trees are being removed--and many are unhappy about this--including, apparently, some other government agencies. Just because shade trees are removed doesn't mean they can't be replaced. The plan seems to be for new palm trees to be planted. Not a big deal to switch some of them to shade trees. Let's have some variety--and shade.

View Talay 2A and 2B are very large projects with hundreds of units so dozens for sale isn't that unusual. It bears noting that when you look at websites like Hipflat the same unit for sale might be listed by a dozen or more agencies, sometimes with different main photos so it may look like it's a different listing. And, when condos sell, the listings are not always removed so there's that, too.

I really don't see how planting shade trees will deter tourists from coming. "Oh, my God! They've planted shade trees! Let's cancel our trip!" Shade trees, and not just palms, would be a plus on Beach Road, in my opinion. Variety is the spice of life. The city is starting to bury all the overhead wires on some of the major roads. With the wires buried, trees can now grow on these streets and not have to be severely trimmed like they used to when they reached the wires. These now wireless roads would be more attractive--and walkable--with shade trees. And, again, not just palms. My Thai partner has told me several times about the flowering trees with purple blossoms that were planted years ago on some of the streets. He remembered them being so beautiful when he visited Pattaya. You can still see some of these trees but many have died--it would be nice if the ones that have died were replaced and added to.

Neither the road nor the promenade needs to be wider. Both have been widened already and they are plenty wide. Pity no authorities stepped in and halted things before all the damage was done. Maybe someone with a brain will step in and demand some shade trees be planted.

So sad. I hardly recognize north Pattaya Beach Road. Every 'artist rendering' looks worse than the one before--this latest one is ghastly. Notice most of the people in the rendering are trying to stand in the tiny bit of shade provided by the palm trees.

I agree that plenty of Thai people are accepting the vaccine. There were plenty of Thais waiting with me when I got my two sinovac jabs. My Thai partner's family all got sinovac in June--they are upper-middle class, mostly in banking. Would they have preferred a different vaccine? Yes. Me, too. But, that was what was on offer and we all gladly took it. Our thinking, which hasn't changed, was any vaccine is better than no vaccine and the sooner the better. We have all contracted for a Moderna booster--if it ever arrives--and we will be on the lookout for any other booster choices that might be available to buy from hospitals in case the Moderna falls through.

So approve it already and let hospitals buy it. Stop dragging your feet on all the good vaccines. My partner and I have had 2 jabs of sinovac and we want to buy a booster in a month or so.

Strict lockdowns seem to have worked in New Zealand but what I don't understand is why their vaccination program has been so slow--less than 30% vaccinated. They did the lockdown great with good discipline that kept infections low but have botched the vaccination part, from what I can see. Australia in some respects seems to be similar.

Walk it off.

Take whatever you can get, as soon as you can get it. The sooner you have some protection, the better. Every day there seems to be a story on Yahoo of some American who hadn't gotten around to being vaccinated dying from covid. I think yesterday it was a mother who had lost both of her unvaccinated sons, 34 and 35, from covid within a day of each other. She was vaccinated, also got covid, but survived. Get what you can, even if it is Sinovac, and then make plans to get a booster down the road.

No, they don't need 16 months. What a farce! 16 days would be plenty of time. What's left to 'probe' by now??? Kick that can down the road--in this case WAY down the road.

Probably $28,000 in the USA.

Meanwhile, when are they going to allow private hospitals to procure their own vaccines?

Try to read more carefully. I said occupancy is low now. Duh. We are in lockdown with travel restrictions. Of course it's dead now. Of course no hotels are doing well now. I think Grand Palazzo has been closed during the lockdown--perhaps others. I also live in north Pattaya and before the lockdown hotels such as Mytt, Holiday Inn, Grande Centre Point, Dusit, Cape Dara, Amari, and others were doing well enough on weekends--with some weekday business--to at least remain open.