Derek B

2 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

What is a girl...or ladyboy to do?

 

Servicing tourists has been many Thais occupation for most of their adult lives.

 

What now?  What to do?

Service Thais ?

3 hours ago, Logosone said:

Interesting how foreigners and Thais are treated differently. They say Thais are next, but this case of Nanny Sweetie, where a woman went to work in SKorea illegally and then went partying ignoring all self-quarantine shows she got off with a slap on the wrist. She just had to apologise.

 

Fair enough, she was not infected with Covid19, but the same applied to this foreigner. The foreigner pays a 20000 baht fine, the Thai lady does not.

 

https://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/citynews/general/woman-who-partied-on-return-from-korea-apologises-to-public/

Maybe the Chiang Mai Governor is too busy fighting fires in the hills which is also a serious health issue.

8 hours ago, darksidedog said:

The "Buriram Healthy Passport" application showed his movements.

Who needs it? Where do you get it?

3 hours ago, Canuck1966 said:

WOW!

Coronavirus can survive on a surface for 17 days, says the CDC after traces were found in cabins on infected cruise ship Diamond Princess more than two weeks after passengers left

Now that is a game changer if correct.............

7 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Its getting bad now.................

The Germans have started to put their towels on hospital beds................................

 

Best one so far...........

23 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

Am I missing something? 

Two months of at least 800K on your thai bank-book BEFORE application date.

That's correct if you apply for your very first extension of your Non Imm O - retirement Visa.

But OP is talking about 'another 1 year extension'.

And in that case he would have to show that during the full 12 months previous to his application, he kept 800K in his account during the first 3 months, 400K in the next 7 months, and 800K in the last 2 months.

That is what my agent has told me too except I need a one year full bank statement from Bangkok Bank which takes 5 days as it has to come from Head Office in Bangkok.

6 hours ago, KeeTua said:

"He then went to Pattaya for a night where he rented a car."

 

The 20K fine might be less painful than having to explain to the wife why he spent a night in Pattaya.

Thats why he never got out of the car !!!

18 hours ago, Toany said:

Money comes before anything else to the government.

If the tourists have a long memory, they will never returm

And they do - so do the Chinese have long memories.

4 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Of course. No Thai would ever infect another Thai.

 

I cannot even begin to describe how disgusting I find this official xenophobic finger-pointing at "foreigners". 

I think it reads those Thais returning from overseas areas of infection

5 hours ago, johnarth said:

the panic is on, very soon all borders and countries will close their borders, now China does not have the virus will be interesting to see what they do

Well they wont want it back......that is for sure.

12 hours ago, keith101 said:

I was concerned about the border being closed and not being able to do my 90 day out/in next month so contacted Siam Legal who told me i can get a 60 day extension from my local Imm office if needed .

So you are not eligible for a 90 day report and have to physically leave the country & re-enter every 90 days?

26 minutes ago, kidneyw said:

In the sixties, there was a famous band in the UK called Manfred Mann, who had a hit called "Ha Ha said the Clown!"

You'd best polish up on "ring a ring o' roses"...................

The lack of recognised effective Meds & Ventilators does have me thinking - however even Scotland's estimated need for 700 ventilators cannot be met at present.

4 hours ago, bangkokfrog said:

How is it possible to verify an overseas medical certificate at the airport given time differences and language problems? I wonder whether, if I were to start up a business called Shifty Frog Medical Services and start issuing such certificates, anyone in immigration would raise an eyebrow. Perhaps I could also start up Shifty Frog Assurances to provide Covid-19 insurance certificates for good measure.

If found to be fake it would be grounds for immediate deportation & re-billing of medical costs if any.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“Our screening is not reckless,” he said. “We have not missed anyone who is infected,

It may not be reckless but it is not consistent. Both domestic departures & arrivals need to be checked too.

12 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

PM's looking kinda thin & sickly himself in that photo. We could only wish. lol 

Who is the Deputy PM and is there more than one?

13 hours ago, Admiral Hornblower said:

With a "government" estimate of (eventually) 400,000 virus patients, that ain't a lot of pills!

Maybe Thai land should invest in some pill cutters too then.

(BTW I have one).

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

 

2777 admitted, those under observation at home rising as well. Those are the numbers to watch. In the other thread, was it 1000 beds the doctor mentioned are available for severe cases?

 

Houston, prepare for stage 3.

2,606 Pending.................Pending what?  How long does it take to complete a lab test?

3 hours ago, TooBigToFit said:

They don't seem to want to give out the particular location on these. They say the boxing place but where did the people go from there. It would be nice if there were a map by district or province for Thailand. Some nations seem to do that. Maybe there is but I haven't seen it. Just seems they aren't providing very good info.

I wonder if the venue has now been disinfected.

1 hour ago, Ricebarnandrooms said:

I think they are. I’ve been getting strange looks from people and one man pulled his daughter to his other side when I was in Big C food court. 
I have never felt uncomfortable in over 20 years here till now. 

I agree - the village folk seem to think farang are spreaders because we wear masks.

21 hours ago, chrisandsu said:

Preparing for all the bar girls to come back after a very low -high season . Can’t imagine any tourists in buriram 

Exactly and not being overly welcomed either being potentially spreaders.

On 3/16/2020 at 4:12 PM, Mulambana said:

Thailand should close its border and order a travel ban from USA, UK, and Europe, the countries that cannot control it effectively. It is the only way to stop infection and save lives. 

Very few people coming from those countries now mostly Thais returning from over seas.

12 hours ago, dogfish180 said:

 

I called BKK Hospital in Chiang Mai just for a quote and they said they do not offer this test and that I should contact a particular Hospital locally. 

7 minutes ago, Patanawet said:

Why on earth are you looking for masks?

Are you sick?

Do you not believe or understand the WHO advice on the use/misuse of masks? 

Is it your intent to deprive health workers who are desperately short of these items?

Please don't tell us that you are following the advice of the foul mouthed, engineering trained, health minister.

Well if you live in Chiang Mai you should be wearing a mask of sorts never mind COVID-19 & the WHO. Every police man, GOV worker or Health care worker I have seen of late and for many months past has had a new mask on for sure.

Enough said on MASKS.

14 hours ago, Number 6 said:

I'm still absolutely unable to find facemasks or alcohol other than the initial amount I was able to scrounge up. Just asked yesterday at another ten pharmacy.

 

Conspiracy to sell (millions?) of TONS of facemasks (did I read that correctly???) to Communist China might be an issue. So too the death of Chinese in Huay Kwang related. Another huge amount reportedly bad masks, soiled sold to Chinese for 2m baht.

 

Western countries should really note this nation's alliegences and treat accordingly. Tariff on western food items is ridiculous. Virtually no western products in stores

 

Just have this horrible feeling it's gonna get ugly for us farang by govt edict. None of what comes out of it ever makes a bit of sense.

 

 

 

"Just have this horrible feeling it's gonna get ugly for us farang by govt edict."

Not enough moneyed farang to make a real difference now. Many Thais in the villages are secretly worried about their aged farang benefactors though. I wonder how many ventilators there are in the Provincial cities and who will get allotted one - the beneficiaries will not have a say but the Health Minister might.