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Tough call for the boss, just before the election the people are calling on him to invoke his powers to solve the pollution problem.

Trouble is that will involve removing half the buses that operate in the city, many other vehicles or stationary engines that are emitting fumes, factories that pump smoke into the air, diesel trains that are past their sell-by-date, & trying to encourage the private driver to car share, as well as telling farmers not to burn their fields!!

If he invokes all those measures the backlash from the inconvenienced public will have an affect on his popularity just before his hoped for re-election!!

Between a rock & a hard place !!

6 hours ago, keith101 said:

Idont know if i am understanding this properly but these people were arrested for not paying what sounds like a bribe to Municipal officers ?

You are misunderstanding the post completely.

These people were arrested for not giving out new year gifts valued at 20,000 baht as expected.

Municipality Officials do not except bribes !

6 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

He was an asthma sufferer, of course his chances of getting ill were higher....

As a an asthma sufferer he was liable to feel the effects before others.

The fact that he DID feel the effects means that the pollution is in the air for us all to suffer to some degree an early warning for us all !!

Probably won the cake as he was the first one to pass all the new requirements!

Probably miffed because sex on the beach is free, should be coughing up for a "short time room" somewhere!

18 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Reactions on Thaivisa, a webforum frequented by expats in Thailand, was overwhelmingly negative, with many commentators saying the regulations undercut claims from Thai officials that the deposit is to ensure they have sufficient resources to get by.

 

“Then why keep up the charade that this money is to cover living expenses if it can only be used six months out of the year,” user Connda wrote. “So…what’s next? What’s the next hammer to drop?”

“And I thought the 800,000 baht was for living expenses, not as an interest earner for the Thai banks!” user Madmitch vented.

 

there is room in my attic if anyone wants to hide.

I'm packed & ready, do you have air-con & a pool?

Then they're going to waging war for a very long time, these measures are absolutely ineffective, just like the officials who can't figure the root cause of pollution.

Even the man in charge admits " I don't know what to do" beggars belief!!

Hers a clue... computer>google>search PM2.5 causes> effective solutions!!!

Like touching a raw nerve, he gets all shirty!!

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

According to the Pollution Control Department (PCD), it is unsafe if the amount of PM2.5 exceeds 50 micrograms per cubic metre of air. Anything beyond this, and people will start experiencing health problems.

This is true if you use the "Thai scale" of what's safe, nothing is safe, certainly not 50 micrograms.

Go to the W.H.O web page to see what the rest of the world consider as being acceptable!!

5 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I remember seeing something very similar over twenty-five years ago on Soi Ruam Rudee, just off Rama 4 in Bangkok.

A motorbike taxi with a passenger stupidly drove over a mass of telephone wires that had come loose.

Some of the wires got entangled around the motorbike's back wheel, and when became taught stopped the motorbike dead. The two people on the bike both shot over the top of the bike and slid along the road. Fortunately no serious injuries.

25 years ago... really?

Snore !!

Does that mean they'll be handing out masks instead of water??

1 hour ago, thurien said:

 

none of them sells their body - they just provide services

The oldest profession in the world!

It's a two way street!

6 hours ago, Deli said:

Didn't I read lately that there are no more overstayers in the country ?

You did, the trouble is there are more holes in the border to plug... or should I say paid entrance holes!

Time he started to clean up the corruption inside his own backyard!

13 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

i see there is a big sell off in the stock market.

 

sober up bat boy.

Agreed, a p*sshead is no role model as a superhero!

Time to hang-up his bat wings.

A bit embarrassing when you have to call "Grab" to get to the next catastrophe because your over the limit for driving the bat-mobile!!

13 hours ago, Justin Side said:

Monks are worst than most.

Worse than Catholic priests?? 

Nah they're professionals at it!

What a complete and utter shambles. They have litteraly no idea of how to stop pollution.

Planes, drones, hosepipes, god knows what other pathetic measures.

These are all ridiculous measures that last less than 5 minutes.

Get to the root causes of pollution and get it under control permanently.

This just goes to show that the country is run by completely inept officials incapable of carrying out their duties in office.

Discharge them all and employ people with knowledge of how to run a country!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He said his government accepts the Transparency International’s decision with reservations, calling on critics to find out the criteria used in judging Thailand .

The criteria used is the level of corruption... what do you not understand?

The meaning of the word or that it exists?

15 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

"what are you doing today?"

"I am doing something illegal and I am going to document every step for the police."   

"OK. See you later."

 

Lol... 

20 hours ago, webfact said:

“I don’t know what to do.”

The solution is easy... take early retirement and employ someone who does know what to do!

22 hours ago, ToddinChonburi said:

Again , this has to be a joke.

Unfortunately not... they are serious which makes me even more afraid!

This shows the true mentality of the officials inside places of power.

ASEAN has nothing to worry about from Thailand in the future... China must be p***ing themselves

Looking very closely at the start of the video he seems to get into trouble just after crossing the "expansion" strip on the bridge?

All seems to be going well for him before that point, might have made him slip or even get a puncture?

But the fortunes were with him that time as the impact didn't kill him or the fall into the river or even from drowning... lucky lad indeed!

18 hours ago, kwak250 said:

Not exactly good at it i bet its the first time he tried it ..

Must be the drop in exchange rate, just trying to stretch the finances a bit further.