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Sadly another fatal accident caused by rain.  With a little help from the darkness which hid the tree branches used to camouflage the truck.

It was not long back that Madame TAT made the big announcement that she would be promoting Thailand as a hub for medical tourism. 

Foreigners visiting Thailand  for medical reasons should be made aware that hospitals are now being targeted by terrorists (co-incidentily on the anniversary of the military coupe).

Would it not be unreasonable for Mdme TAT to issue a travel warning to those planning to come for medical reasons. Or might that have a harmful effect on tourism? Which is the most important for TAT? Safety of foreign visitors or tourism statistics? 

Rhetorical question only.

Rooster59 must be disappointed about  his responses. With few exceptions most of them are infantile . Probably because they are from farang. My contribution is an exception.

Lot of sick humour going on here by Thaivisa contributors who think they are funny. Intelligent comment would be welcome.

2 hours ago, YetAnother said:

so where is customs in all of this ? do they do anything useful ?

Yes it probably has been known to be possible but only if the envelope is large enough.

As it apparently wasn't in the case of the blue buses.

So where is that illustrious body called United Nations Human Rights Council in all this? Probably can't see past their snouts as they gluttonise themselves from the bountiful UN trough and swan around in chauffeur driven Mercedes.

8 hours ago, clockman said:

Customs department, second most corrupt, Never investigated, Must have powerful friends?

Which reminds me. Whatever happened to the blue buses? Customs Department still waiting for the envelopes?

As for second most corrupt on the leader board I think it is a toss up between Customs and Education.

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

Intangible, yet sustainable.

 

Maybe this makes more sense in Thai, if projected with an air of unquestionable, yet patronizing authority?

 

Gotta give him credit for keeping up with the Friday evening broadcast. 

Your final comment makes me wonder if he and his parliamentary colleagues and civil servants are still keeping up their daily exercise programme. Haven't seen a media release about it for quite a while so I guess it has fallen by the wayside for lack of numbers.

18 minutes ago, Sunderland said:

Karma will one day serve justice to those whom deserve it.

Sadly Karma is overrated. In many cases justice is perverted because karma not always works in favour of the victim but often in favour of the wrongdoer. That is my cynical opinion.

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Think he's looking at a stiff sentence,maybe 100 hours community service.IF found guilty.

regards worgeordie

Community service at a timing of his convenience. Just like the little charmer who sent nine people to their death by ramming their minibus on the overpass and sending it crashing to the ground below.

Three months voluntary service in a hospital at a time which is convenient to her social engagements.

"The 2017 fiscal year will end on September 31..."

I see government agencies have been given an extra day to spend their money prior to the end of the fiscal year.

19 minutes ago, ezzra said:

 

And I'm still puzzled as to why a Toyota Camry made in Thailand cost 30% less

in Australia including shipping, import duties and better equipment that

what it cost here where the car was made 100km from my home......

Might have something to do with the cost of production in Australia, particularly energy costs and the AMWU.

So TAT has invented another doozy. Special rice to sell and promote as street food on all the street food outlets that are to be shut  and removed to improve walkway access for pedestrians.

Just to remind everyone of some of Madame TAT's brilliant insightful plans here is a list of their more recent loopy ideas to attract tourists.

·        Durian Kit Kat tourists

·        Pokemon Go tourists

·        Rusting naval base tourists

·        Jetski tourists hub

·        Eliminate prostitution

·        Sports tourists hub

·        Medical tourists hub

·        Jewellery tourists hub

·        Pattaya, family fun tourists.

·        Target wealthy Chinese who normally go to Japan

·        Target wealthy Japanese who normally go to Taiwan

·        Promote 400B National Parks for tourists

·        Promote off-season tourism

·        Attract Chinese couples for marriage in Thailand.

Have I missed any?

10 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

i expected an early start to the rainy season after the super heated dry hell caused by El nino last year,looks like it has started,  "strong south west monsoon" said the Thai gov weather web site.

That rotten El Nino!

Always causing problems. PM Prayut should have issued an Article 44 on El Nino to obey his instructions and follow his weather predictions.

So what is Thailand going to do if Laos want to build a dam on the Mekong? Declare war? 

China builds dams on the Mekong but that's not the same and there is no squawking about that. After all, China is big and Laos is little. 

Does anyone think a meeting of 100 Thai locals is going to make any difference to what happens.

Thailand might ultimately be pleased to import hydro power from Laos when the sun goes down on their solar panels and the gentle breezes stop blowing on their wind turbines.

For the sex capital of the world this is certainly an achievement.

A terrible misunderstanding when all the time it was someone else pretending to be Ex-Mae Hong Song Governor Suebsak Iamwichan  attempting to get underage sexual favours. 

28 minutes ago, rosst said:

Don't confiscate the vehicles, reassess the duty and charge them double. 

Give them 30 days to pay or confiscate AND BILL THEM. 

Appropriate penalty! That will teach them to make sure they grease the important wheels next time.

20 hours ago, the guest said:

So you think foreigners will come to invest lots of money, and then spend endless time setting an institution of excellence, only for it to be taken away at a later date by the country, probably by some trumped up excuse or change in the law. Do you think we are that stupid?

What you say happens with gold mines so why not universities?

17 hours ago, Sunderland said:

Who writes this crap???

I think it is someone called Somchai Baldrick.

That is a very productive raid. Providing those millions of Baht do not disappear as quickly as they were found they could be put to good use in trying to improve the education system. 

2 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

You have to rename that to be the wheel of tourism. What will you do with "lose a turn"?

Forget about "lose a tune". Just spin again until you get the result you want.

33 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

Anything is possible if your in charge of the numbers game. 

Whenever TAT need to come up with a new monumental figure on assorted tourism statistics they just spin the "Wheel of Fortune" and bingo....there's the number; in millions of course. 

There is only so much public money to go around so the nurses need to understand that a military government bloated with generals have different budget priorities such as tanks, submarines, new jet fighters and sophisticated weaponry from Israel.

They can't seem to think far enough ahead to realise that in any armed conflict there will be casualties requiring nursing.

This will be like manna from heaven for the Israelis.

What better customer could they find than a free spending military government which seems to care little about fiscal discipline.