milesinnz

So instead of just destitute Thais, the government will have to handle "sick destitute Thais" ..

They know you cannot get blood out of a stone - but be assured, interest will continue to be added....

Where are all the trolls trying to tell everyone that the Chinese vaccines are good ??? hiding under their beds I guess...

15 hours ago, Kerryd said:

So it's not just dumb blonde female college students that fall for the old "I'll pay you to carry this on the plane for me trick". 

You'd think someone from Columbia would be smarter than that.

Unless of course he knew what he was doing all along. Don't think I'd want to spend "life" in a Cambodian prison. (Or any other one for that matter.)

Talking about smart, I think ColUmbia is a county in the US ?

Maybe it's time to have another religious holiday ?... and pray more as that will be certain to work.. oh, the wonders of religion...

Did I hear that right.. 25 tourists on the first plane.. I don't know what plane it is, but I would guess there would have to be 175 empty seats, and the tourists will be outnumbered by the airport reception employees.. a great financial success... ?

Ah, now I know what the submarines were for... to make sure there will be no seaborne escapes from Phuket...

5 hours ago, cclub75 said:

Perfect illustration of the destruction created by the "Zero Covid" ideology...

 

Most of the countries in SEA can not afford this ideology.

 

How many "Covid deaths" in Cambodia ? 9 per million... And in Thailand ? 10 per million (source Worldometer)

 

UK = 1 872... France = 1 654....

 

We destroy economy, lifehood of millions of people.... to achieve what exactly ?

 

To please the WHO ? To please the western medias ? Or the chinese medias ? To please the western Big Pharma companies ?

Guess India followed your recommendation and they still have lockdowns... you wish this on Cambodia ?

and would they ever "reverse" any changes in the future ??? how much trust would you have in a Thai government ?

Pornthep should be giving a brown envelope to this family every week for the rest of his life....

For a very weak economy with a dubious banking system, I find is quite surprising that the government has managed to maintain a stable exchange rate Riel/USD . perhaps because in value terms the Riel is small beer.. but if it takes over as the main pricing mechanism, for a country that has a balance of trade deficit and a now non-existent tourist sector, how can the Riel maintain a stable value against the USD - will China provide a never ending amount of "soft" loans.. something is not adding up...

It's going to be interesting when some of Cambodia's big brand name customers, when pushed by their retail customers, about only buying from countries with good environmental standards.. a lot of investment could soon be standing idle...

7 hours ago, dddave said:

Last time I was in Siem Reap; pre-Covid, there were daily rolling blackouts due to a shortage of energy.  I believe they were buying 25% of their power from Thailand. 

If they have domestic coal supplies, why wouldn't they use them?  The Global Warming crisis is a result of Western and Chinese interests totally ignoring warnings for 100+ years, as long as coal was profitable to burn.  Now that they have other sources such as LNG, the big powers are pressuring smaller, poorer nations to do what they weren't willing to do themselves.

Garment exports are I think about 80% of Cambodia's exports. Many have western brand names. Buyers increasingly want to know that what they are buying comes from countries with good employment and environmental credentials - this "development" may well come back to bite Cambodia very hard. Of course even with the industrial development that has taken place in Cambodia, the CO2 emissions PP is still a tiny fraction of those in a country such as the US. In the case of the coal fired power station and this mining activity, what would be interesting to see, is just who were the (few) people who benefited. I bet it was not and is not the Cambodian people - and that is the bigger and buried point...

17 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

I must admit to being baffled. Surely Thailand has committed to building a new vaccine production facility, you know the one announced with big fanfare, "we are the big boys of SE Asia, and we will save you all". Other countries in the region were relying on Thailand to have this facility up and running this year as promised, but now Thailand is ordering 35 million doses from AZ instead of manufacturing them. 

 

Ah, it is tied in with Thailand's space program, the sacred cow said the vaccine will need some cheese from the moon....

11 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

Is there anyone out there can fathom the mentality of people that do this?

Yes, if you have access to the details of the childhood, 0-2 critical, then 3-8 .. and less as they get older... but "people" don't want the answers.

They want to believe there is some almost magical unexplained reason because the truth becomes too uncomfortable.

I am always happy to discuss such matters but almost all just start running, covering their ears and making up nonsense to support their position..

33 minutes ago, Rmac442 said:

Catch 22 really ..and it has been further exacerbated by the recent involved, like in so many countries, of China.

Prove work, food and support at people level so they might fight this injustice ..

ah... it does not work that way.. how can you fight when the other side fire live bullets at you... and assassinates any leadership of the people.. the same is happening and much worse in Nigeria now... it is close to civil war.... what you are suggesting has absolutely zero credibility.. so what you say, "don't do this", but you have nothing credible to suggest in return, so just how helpful is that ????

On 12/19/2020 at 3:40 PM, Rmac442 said:

EU trying to address Human Rights issue resulting in human misery and poverty of '000s. Good to read the UK, having released itself from the EU,  will reverse this 'ban' in Jan 2021 ...

what would you suggest to help improve Human Rights in Cambodia ?

Made in China, assembled in Cambodia.. I am amazed the EU let them get away with it as I think the Chinese would otherwise face very high tariffs if they were to export to the EU directly..

5 hours ago, geovalin said:

Cambodia remains a world’s best tourism destination in 2020, the Ministry of Tourism said, stressing that scores of international institutions and websites specialising in rating the best tourism places around the world have ranked Cambodia among the best places to visit and live.

 

My International Movers, based in the UK, America, and Australia, in January this year rated Cambodia No. 1 among the top ten friendliest countries in the world to move to. Outrage Travel on January 30, 2020 characterised Cambodia as one of five safest places to be in Asia.

 

In March 2020, Cambodia was presented the International Travel Award 2020 by the India-based Pacific Area Travel Writers Association, considering Cambodia as the Best Destination for Heritage. On Oct. 9, 2020, the Big 7 Travel’s publication highlighted Cambodia’s Siem Reap province as one of the 7 Most Relaxing Locations in the World.

 

read more https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50787065/cambodia-maintains-its-position-as-one-of-the-worlds-top-tourism-destinations/

Just cheap propaganda which does little for the credibility of Cambodia...

8 hours ago, dastakantattaka said:

There're plenty of nations that haven't opened and the infections are still rising.

 

Therefore, be a country open or not - no difference.

 

oh, come on... in New Zealand it's never been a big deal. Even the lock down was a breeze because it was done very early. All the infections are from people being allowed into NZ (and everyone seems to be desperate to get here for some reason - I wonder what they is?) but kept in quarantine. I am surprised at the numbers who are coming to NZ who are infected. I would guess covid-19 is far more widespread than anyone is admitting. NZ immigration website has had the biggest number of hits from the US, ever, of people looking how to emigrate to NZ.. I have never worn a mark, and my daily life is perfectly normal...

3 hours ago, UnkleGoooose said:

Well she was President of the International Union of Socialist Youth, and everything that she has said and done  since then stinks of Socialism. I don't know what you think a socialist is, but you might want to have a bit of reflection.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern

Vote TRUMP for a better world... be interesting to see how the US elections work out.... funny how there has been a huge spike on the NZ immigration website for people from the US looking how to emigrate to NZ and how right now, numbers of US doctors are getting out of the US.. to come to where...? oh Jacinda's socialist country.. not that it is socialist.. there is a difference between socialist and a capitalist economy with a social safety net.. try Sweden and an example..