Oxx

According to this morning's papers, the Phuket governor has ordered the entire island to be sealed off; travellers from other provinces not allowed to enter, starting Aug 3,

Has the UK stipulated that a proportion of the donated vaccines be used specifically for British nationals living in Thailand, as other countries have done for their own nationals with their donations? And if not, why not?

20 hours ago, Petchou said:

Got scammed for almost 4000 bahts.

There is no <deleted> ethics or honest business practices in some places.

Private hospitals need to cover their costs, otherwise they go bankrupt.  If they didn't make money from their pharmacies they'd have to increase their costs elsewhere.  You were not scammed, and there was no lapse of ethics on the part of the hospital.

19 hours ago, rodknock said:

they checked bank information from there computer

Are you saying that Immigration can log onto your bank account to see the balance and historical transactions? If so, I find that disturbing.

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

I'm quite sure that if we're all patient, we will eventually receive the vaccinations that have been promised. 

Either that, or die.

We shouldn't be patient, we should be very angry at the Thai government's utter incompetence and the racially discriminatory distribution of vaccines.

14 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

I know of some people that crack the egg into a sealable sandwich bag and then poach it. Sprayed some nonstick inside the sandwich bag first they did.

There's also a technique where you put a double layer of clingfilm into a ramekin, crack the egg into that, then lift up the edges of the clingfilm and twist them.  That should protect the egg from any nasties in the water.  It also produces a very neat looking egg.

44 minutes ago, Andycoops said:

If you are a non resident expat you cannot be a constituent as you have no voting rights in the UK.

I think your point is irrelevant to what the the previous poster wrote, but factually you are wrong.  Non-resident individuals continue to have voting rights in their last UK constituency for 15 years after they become non-resident.  The government is currently working to remove the 15 year limit.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-56265898

36 minutes ago, sirwilly said:

VOTED  Hope it does some good.

The petition has already been running for two months (started 26 May, or thereabouts).  In two months it's attracted under 1,500 signatures.  At that rate it's not even going to hit the 10,000 votes for a government response before it expires.  So, probably done no good at all.  Sorry.

11 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Jet black. Really?

Why would you doubt me? Calling me a liar?

However, in the interests of preciseness, it was only the parts of the aluminium vessels that had been exposed to water turned jet black.

2 hours ago, thaitom said:

The person whose name we dare not speak

Candyman?

Could it simply be that there have only been large numbers of people getting infected recently, so it's too soon for enough cases to emerge for it to be noteworthy?

5 hours ago, placeholder said:

The owner of AZ in Thailand is AstraZeneca

What exactly does that mean? Is there an AstraZeneca entity in Thailand? (I suspect not.  They work through regional agents.) And if not, the observation is seemingly meaningless.

1 hour ago, tgw said:

I asked FTSE Russel some weeks ago about which stocks were in their midcap index in Thailand, but they replied that this information is only for subscribers, which rings very wrong to me.

If a company goes to the cost and trouble of constructing an index, why do you think you should be able to know its constituents for free? It's a nonsense.

If, however, there were, say, an ETF based upon such an index, then the ETF would need periodically to publish the ETF constituents which may, or may not, be similar to the index.  It would also need to publish how its performance differs from that index.  The company providing the ETF would also need to pay FTSE Russell for use of the index.

Thanks both.  I did message Morningstar about this a couple of days ago, and it appears the problem has been fixed.

6 hours ago, GrandPapillon said:

old post I see, the TH100 is being dissolved according to SET News as of July 1

Not quite.  Shareholders are being asked if they want to close TH100.  Their replies are due by 18 August.  Whether the ETF will be closed will be decided some time after that (it may not be), and the actual liquidation will be some time later.  So, as of the moment, the fund is still being traded.

(KGI owns 55.20% of the shares, and it's pretty much impossible that the announcement was made without consulting them.  That implies that KGI wants to liquidate the fund, so it almost certainly will be closed.)

Did have a look on Bloomberg, and am shocked to see the expense ratio is 2.32%.  That would be extortionate for a mutual fund, let alone a common or garden ETF.

The SET announcement is at https://www.set.or.th/set/newsdetails.do?newsId=16250966078720&language=en&country=US

The SET major shareholder list is at https://www.set.or.th/set/companyholder.do?symbol=TH100&ssoPageId=6&language=en&country=US

And the Bloomberg page is at https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/TH100:TB

1 hour ago, unblocktheplanet said:

are mall restaurants not permitted to be staffed for takeaway?

Not permitted.  Went to my local Gourmet Market in a shopping mall this morning.  Everything in the mall was shut, apart from the supermarket and two pharmacies.  The stalls that restaurants previously had set up for takeaway have gone.  It wasn't even possible to withdraw money from an ATM  blocked off.  None of the restaurants in the mall usually listed in Food Panda and Grab is there today.  To add insult to injury, only a fraction of the usual range of ready meals was available.

13 hours ago, Misty said:

I hear AB type is the universal plasma donor

You hear wrong.  AB is the rarest of the usual blood types, but O- is the universal donor.

41 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

8 hours ago, Oxx said:

What about walking the dog? Surely that poses no risk.

As long as you walk it to a market, hospital or your place of work. Surely that's  clear to you? (Warning, traces of sarcasm)

I'm not going to walk Fufu to a market, hospital, or palace of work.  Miniature white poodles, whilst great guard dogs, are very sensitive and might get sick.

14 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

So now if you are a UK tourist you cannot return home? 

I heard a rumour that the UK left the European Union a few months ago.  Something called ... was it ... "Brexit"? If true, the news would be irrelevant to the UK tourist.

According to today's B****** P*** newspaper, Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow is planning to propose this to the cabinet, so it appears possibly to be moving forward.