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The article says that the passenger was "in Bangkok for about two hours prior to transiting onto a flight to Australia, where he later developed symptoms". So, no case has been discovered in Thailand at all - it was discovered in Oz, and authorities there presumably notified the Thai government that the person had passed through Bangkok.

I don't get this. There's no way they can actually check everyone's documents using AI - there's just too much variation - so how will the codes be "immediately auto-generated"? And if the code is automatically produced without actually checking the documents, what is the point of the Thailand Pass at all, as opposed to just having airlines screen passengers at check-in?

Yes, people struck by vehicles do indeed have a tendency to "fall" ????

"We increased the size of the tents at the checkpoints by 50% and doubled the size of the snack table - I just don't see what else we can do"

Yes, you can get Grab from Suvarnabhumi. When you open the app on arrival, it will recognize that you're at the airport and will tell you where the car will pick you up - when I last did it a few weeks ago, I think the pickup point was on the departure level at door #3, but it varies. (If you speak Thai, you can also just call the driver and tell him where you want to be picked up.) As for the price, it will depend on demand and on whether you have any promo codes to use. Often it's more expensive than a regular taxi, but sometimes it's the same price or cheaper - and at least there's no possiblity of getting a driver who tries to cheat you. Taxis also add a 50 baht airport charge and an airport luggage charge, so the fares may be closer than they appear.

"Meanwhile, the Thai sedan driver was charged with reckless driving causing the death of another. "

In other words, when you fill out the Thailand Pass application, you're asked a few questions about MP symptoms that you could just as easily have answered on a screening card on arrival. But sure, let's pretend that we're protecting the country from human/ape hybrids through our glorious advanced technologies.

The consternation was actually quite well founded; for the first several months of the chaotic vaccination program, they did not treat everyone equally, and it was extremely difficult for most foreigners to get inoculated. As noted by others here, foreigners only began to be vaccinated in large numbers once vaccines had been donated by the US and other countries. Boosters are now indeed being given on a completely equal basis without regard to nationality, but that doesn't change what happened earlier on.

Just like Thaksin knew how to solve the traffic problem within six months when he was a candidate, and Aswin knew how to solve the flooding problem (but only after he was no longer governor). Everyone has a secret cunning plan when they're running for office, but somehow those plans are forgotten once they're in power.

Ooh, a 100% accurate computer program - combine that with the magical BMW Smart Car and the problem will be solved in no time. Or they can just admit the obvious, which is that they have little to no interest in acknowledging the status of these marginalized people, many of whom have been in Thailand for three or more generations. (And why is this purely administrative task being handled by DSI, the so-called "Thai FBI"?)

The OP literally says, in so many words, that Thai Channel 7 tracked him down and asked him to contribute questions - he did not volunteer his thoughts on his own.

If only there were a website that would let you search for "Google One" and find out what exactly that service offers! Who knows, such a website might even have a name very similar to the name of the service being searched...

Does any other country have this obsession with the labeling of the outbreak? All people care about is which restrictions will be tightened or loosened, not whether Anutin chooses to refer to it as "endemic".

The walk-in procedure is very simple and quick. I went to Bang Sue for my fourth shot with no appointment, and was in and out in about 50 minutes, including the 30 minute observation period following the injection.

Just a few days ago there was a report of trafficked Burmese being arrested at the border after being abandoned by smugglers. The US and the international community have repeatedly emphasized to Thai authorities that trafficked persons should be treated as victims rather than criminals, but it never seems to sink in.

From the article: "The survey...is based on the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM), which are a group of individually administered tests that non-verbally assess intelligence in children and adults through abstract reasoning tasks" I know nothing about these tests, but they are supposedly not connected to language.

Oh, really... ???? Oh, really... ???? This keen analysis is up (or down) to the usual standards of the inestimable Mr. Bridge ????

- Why does the OA require a police clearance and medical certificate, and the O and extensions do not? - Why does an in-country O require a lease and rent receipts, while overseas applications and extensions don't? We can ask these questions forever, but will never get answers that make any sense, because no logic was used to create the various requirements - each was created at a particular time by a particular person with a particular agenda at that moment, and that person wasn't responsible for the other categories ????‍♂️

"Unless otherwise stated in the sections related to your destination or point of transit, THAI follows just the regulations put in place by the countries it operates to." https://www.thaiairways.com/en_GB/plan/travel_information/travel_requirements.page

I've never been there, but they're advertising special packages and promotions for March 17 - May 31, 2022, which would seem to indicate that they're currently open.

A very poor comparison. The big issue with Venice was cruise ship passengers, who slept and ate their meals on board and would therefore often spend little or no money in the city during their shore excursions. Visitors to Thailand are paying for food, accommodation, and everything else, including 7% VAT on all purchases - they are hardly getting a free ride. Because they want to charge only foreigners - airline systems can add taxes and fees, but not ones that only apply selectively.

When we travel to other countries, we will have to pay city tax when staying at a hotel,” Sakoltee said. “I am considering implementing that in Bangkok.” He seems to be totally unaware that in virtually all of those cities (there could be exceptions that I'm not aware of), the hotel tax applies to everyone who stays in a hotel, including citizens of those countries and residents of those cities. “Besides having to pay a landing fee to the Department of Airports, those tourists pay nothing when they enter Bangkok,” Sakoltee said. ...other than 7% tax on everything they use or consume, plus excise tax and customs duties on most imported products. “If elected, I will be the first governor to generate revenue for Bangkok in this way,” Sakoltee added. “No one has thought of this.” Do provincial and municipal authorities in Thailand even have the legal authority to levy their own taxes? I've never heard of any local tax here - everything is national.

Dunno, maybe money? Just tossing that out as a possibility, since he asked ????

Dunno, maybe money? Just tossing that out as a possibility, since he asked ????

So they're going to completely redesign and distribute a new version of the TM6 in a month? I don't think so, and obviously neither Phiphat nor Anutin has the authority to make changes to Immigration forms. I think he'll actually find that virtually all of those 600,000 were duplicate applications from people who were in fact eventually approved - even anecdotally, I've heard of almost no one who wasn't ultimately able to get a TP approval by submitting a new application.