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Seems like many are not worried. One colleague wears a mask due to an allergy caused by PM2.5. Others just seem to prefer wearing a mask in the office.

I will be interested to see Iranian women discard headscarves upon arrival, change into jeans and a t-shirt and drink wine. Iran was a very westernized country at one time.

I noticed this paving problem got worse when the authorities started using those small bricks that quickly sank into the sand at different angles. It seems the foundation was too soft.

As I have only been to China 3 times then it is just my experience. Maybe the Chinese I met were not the same as the ones you met?

That's why it is AI. Current tech may not be able to distinguish among them but it doesn't look like an impossibility. Keep browsing Amazon! ????

This doesn't feel well thought out. What's the plan to stop PM2.5 poisoning tourists? Are tourists likely to stand in a torrential downpour and exclaim, "This is what I like about Thailand!" So Chiang Mai represents the old Thailand - breathing in the fumes from the traffic jams reminds me of the Lanna Kingdom! Why don't they make a plan based on reality?

Puzzled by how Chinese tourists will help the economy. They are generally shy in my experience and don't drink much because they get drunk very fast. What does Pattaya have that Chinese families want? Are they famous for spending in Thai shops?

Heavy heart. Visited a few years ago and the people were wonderful.

So Thailand is somehow incomparable to the west? I beg to differ. The UK has the same problems.

Had no idea that Khao San was popular with Chinese tourists.

While the Future Forward party has not shown itself as more wily than the dinosaurs, it hasn't gone to the dark side yet. People like them because they seemed to offer a New Hope. If they win (unlikely) it won't achieve too much without its founder and inspiration. People here like the status quo. I'm sure they will get a lot of the young vote, but i can't figure how they will out-fox the old foxes.

Don't know if he was drink or just not a competent driver. Perhaps more money than ability.

Personally, I find it interesting that one part of the world is all doom and gloom about aging societies and the future lack of workers while another part of the world is doom and gloom about robots and AI taking our jobs. I suppose AI and robots taking the jobs of retirees is too much to ask?

I was going to mention the idea of raising the cost of fines (100k for drink driving), but just read that road incidents cost Americans $340 billion — or $1,035 per person — in 2019 (The $340 billion figure represented 1.6 percent of America's GDP that year). This kind of implies that people don't mind fines that they can afford. Or pay tea money in the Thai case to avoid fines. Points deduction don't actually frighten people into obeying the law but rather tell them they can get away with stuff until all the points are gone, then carry on as usual.

Thanks.

Where is the good guy with a gun? Hiding under the bed usually. Don't blame him either. Looks like the PM has his excuse to get his law passed now.

I find the whole thing puzzling as I didn't follow it in much detail. Did a court find that Thaksin and Yingluck both signed the deal by their own hand knowing it was corrupt or did commerce minister Boonsong sign it and they were held responsible? Is it possible that two prime ministers signed the same deal? It reminds me of the American TV comedy Soap and the catchphrase "Confused? You will be..."

The Chinese are clever. Send their people to Thailand and elsewhere and let Thai hospitals handle the problem.

The inability of ministers to accept advice from underlings is exceptional. Just keep making policy without planning.

Everyone in the USA believes the words "Bring me your..." etc., means their grandparents only.

Looking at what happened in Spain, foreigners were told they should register to get residence but a lot of people didn't and were asked to leave. Make same same but different.

News on page 4 on Wednesday: Thai Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob and Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakar have COVID-19 and will not be conducting their duties for 10 days.

They will be fully enforced... Until the tea money is paid.

There's a lot in many western countries. Personally i don't feel strongly about incest but very strongly about rape, as most others do.

Absolutely correct.