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1 hour ago, AlfHuy said:

I take them off your hands.

250baht for each 20£ note.

Ahh. Thanks for the offer Alf but managed to get, some of them at least, exchanged.

Just an update.

The 20 Pound papernotes with Adam Smith are still accepted.

Exchanged at Bangkok Bank CM.

Hello all.

Does anyone know if the Thai banks or exchanges are still accepting the UK 20 Pound papernotes?

I know the new polymer note came out at the beginning of the year but at least in the UK the papernote is still legal tender.

On 5/30/2020 at 7:46 AM, Kelsall said:

IIRC, Star Visa in Chiang Mai told me I would just have to come into their office, pay the 1900 THB, and they would handle everything and I would not have to go to Immigration

Did you end up using their service?

How did it go?

Could you please give a summary of the process and the fee that Star Visa charged?

Thanks.

16 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Far as I know they don't execute people in the UK, so she can get angry but it's misguided, IMO.

What does this have to do with the UK?

The couple were murdered in Thailand.

On 8/24/2020 at 4:23 AM, Chelseafan said:

 

Precisely.

 

Until the two week qurantine is removed from the equation there is no way I am going back and that's coming from someone who's wife and family are in Thailand.

 

What sane person books a 2 week vacation in Thailand when they have to stay in a hotel under quarantine.

Why the hell don't these fools get it ?

 

Personally I don't think they have any intention of relaxing the borders, it's just hyperbole for the masses.

 

'Wife and family' in Thailand and you'd only return to see them if a measly 2 week quarantine is removed?

????

Plato's allegory of the cave...about sums it all up.

On 8/14/2020 at 12:01 PM, RuamRudy said:

Why a dream? What is it about Scotland that makes it uniquely incapable of managing its own affairs?

Scotland isn't the poor little backwater, bereft of resources that you seem to think it is.

 

Scotland definitely has a lot natural resources. And no matter how you look at it Scotland leaving the UK will definitely have an economic impact.

However according to the ONS 79% of the UK GDP comes from the service sector (and predominantly the financial, legal and technical expertise industries). Manufacturing and export of natural resources is not a significant part of total GDP. Of course that does not include manufacturing of high-end products such as technologies and weapons.

In addition almost 50% of UK energy is imported. Although most of the UKs oil and gas is in the N. Sea the percentage figures don't tell the whole truth because the actual amount of oil and gas there has been dwindling for decades. That is why so much is imported.

It would be sad to see the UK breakup but if it happens then it happens.

The requirement for quarantine is not unique to Thailand.

Most countries in Europe are requiring tourists to quarantine upon arrival. France, Germany, Austria, Czech Rep, Estonia, Ireland and Bulgaria to name a few. Also N. America, many countries in S. America and Australia have quarantine rules for travelers in place.

And yet many are still holidaying this summer.

People here just wanna bash Thailand. The Thai government has many-many deficiencies in the way the country is run but all these armchair politicians here act as if they could run a country any better?

On 8/4/2020 at 2:08 PM, zaZa9 said:

Im actually surprised at the figure of 2 milliion. I new farang numbers were a lot , but didnt think it was that many. Just think of the profits in Re-entry Permits !

Many in this thread are confused with the expat figures. The over 2 million expats are not all Western 'farangs'.

The number is actually more like 2.6 million and in fact of that 2.6 million only about 200,000 are from Europe and N. America, less than 8%.

And of those 200,000 'farangs' roughly 70,000-80,000 are retirees. The rest are on work or various other visas.

The self importance of the 'farang' here is off the scales!!

13 hours ago, sandyf said:

It all depends on whether a country signed up to or respects the international agreements.

 

The right of return is a principle in international law which guarantees everyone's right of voluntary return to, or re-entry to, their country of origin or of citizenship. A right of return based on nationality, citizenship or ancestry may be enshrined in a country's constitution or law, and some countries deny a right of return in particular cases or in general.

The right is formulated in several modern treaties and conventions, most notably in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the 1948 Fourth Geneva Convention. The Geneva Conventions, it has been argued, have passed into customary international law and that the right of return is binding on non-signatories to the conventions.^[1]

The right of return is often invoked by representatives of refugee groups to assert that they have a right to return to the country from which they were displaced.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_return

LoLs!

You are applying the wrong law.

The Right of Return is an international treaty between nations concerning the repatriation or return of a citizen to their 'home country' by another country, ie. when one country is repatriating (deporting or booting out) a citizen of another country back to their home country.

Any citizen wishing to return to their own country other than repatriation etc. would be governed by the domestic laws of that particular country. It has nothing to do with treaties.

'...Whilst there are now a few opportunities for foreigners to leave or return to Thailand, most are still unable either due to a lack of flights or closed borders in their home countries...'?!

A lack of flights is understandable but no country is closing their borders to their own citizens.

Who reports this nonsense?!

17 hours ago, hugocnx said:

Irony maybe as the number of death is higher than of Covid. Get it now?

LoL!

Your reasoning is very flawed. Dengue fever is not passed on from human to human contact.

So should we go on lockdown for anything that causes more deaths than Covid-19?

HIV, TB, Cancer, Dementia, Malaria, suicide even road fatalities cause more deaths annually then Covid-19!

3 hours ago, Matzzon said:

So, you are saying that you do not recognize your government and that they are not representing you as a Brit or the British population?

What does the British government have to do with this?

This decision was made independently by the supermarkets in reaction to pressure from animal rights groups. 

46 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

As are my businesses and source of income.

 

Your point caller?

So does that mean that you chose to live and work in a '...country with an authoritarian regime where the people can't change the government...and end up in jail for criticizing the government. And can't get a good education that includes critical thinking...'?

Well I guess it must be quite, dare I say 'sad', to have made that choice?

19 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

That describes Thailand down to a tee.

And yet here you are.

16 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

So, still no bars, pubs or clubs - maybe the Thai Temperance Society within the "establishment" is still having a say????

In CM many of them are open. The bars and clubs around Zoe's have been open since 19th June and the bars over by the boxing 'stadium' on Loi Kroh have been open since 21st June.

16 hours ago, TTSIssues said:

That’s a very interesting point - Thail people genuinely believe that Thailand is the best place in the world and they are the best people: all ideas are created there, all the best inventions, they were never colonized because of their power (not because of their geographical location or the fact the then rulers just allowed the British and French in to take what they wanted)

 

very proud nation, but very misguided. 

I suspect it's their education system? Apart from the pure science subjects many of the social sciences are eschewed, eg. history.

I've met many Thais that believe Colgate toothpaste is Thai owned. Or that 7-11 is a Thai company.

Their whole modern social structure from TV shows, movies, music, shopping malls, etc. is borrowed or copied from the West but many believe they were all created in Thailand?

It's sad really. Like Plato's Allegory of the cave.

"The aim will be to provide people a Bt3,000 subsidy encouraging them to travel to other provinces..."

What about the Bt3,000-5,000 promised to the people so they could get something to eat?!

2 hours ago, Almer said:

Yes only 10 baht excellent value, but it still leaves the food stall with next to nothing

The food stall gets to sell it's product. What more does the food stall expect? ????

As some have already pointed out it's most probably to do with Songkran and to help curb social gatherings especially during their holiday season.

And besides it's just 10 days.

Seriously, what a whiney bunch of alcoholics. If you can't go without a drink for that long then you still have 2 days to stockup.

Does this include foreign currency exchanges?