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On 4/19/2024 at 12:42 PM, brianthainess said:

Chancer you are for sure.

Oooh I wonder who that could possibly be? 

I'll go first: TS. Not currently an mp but why see that as a roadblock, there's a million ways to twist that into a positive, I'm sure.

Gen P could help no doubt. 

6 hours ago, john donson said:

what exactly do they plan to 'study' lol, on the tax payers dime

 

and wife and children also needed off course...

I recall a previous 'event' when the whole electoral commission went on a European study trip, they departed Thailand the first day of the voting of an election.

Before they left much complaint, the complaint I recall was:

- Wives / spouses unhappy because only one day for shopping on the official agenda, for each of the cities included in the trip. 

13 hours ago, Liquorice said:

It's a notification to Immigration of a foreigner's residence.
It's the duty of hotel and guest house managers to file the report.

Airbnb are agents, and not their responsibility, unless the owners have left them copies of their ID and house documents.

Ultimate point: by law and serious, Thailand authorities must keep records of the location of everybody in Thailand:

- Thai citizens, this is done through a Tabien Baan book kept at the actual residence but when update is needed that's done at a local gov't admin. office. (Tabien Baan book - in English household registration book), which lists the full details of the people who live at the address on the Tabien Baan book.

- Permanent Residents - also recorded in the Tabien Baan book for the address where they reside. Updated as per above.

- Various visas: long-term often recorded on a different coloured Tabien Baan book but still meaning for the address where they reside.

   Short-term:  This usually means being registered on the hotel / guest house etc., records which are shared continuously with the Thai Immigration Bureau.   

4 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

dont know--dont care --why does it matter or affect u?  its between me and the service someone gives me--my massage lady does a good job and she works hard..i ask for her by name--she earned it

 

i pay what i feel the service was worth....ive worked hospitality all my life..ive been there

Most foreigners would now that Thais who employ Thais pay minimum wages with zero benefits or even less than the minimum wage.

Doesn't hurt to share a little. 

3 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I would think saved some of the money saved with a big chunk of it finding it's way into pockets, however, the whole idea of saving the budget money aka taxpayer's money, is extremely distasteful at best.

And in reality is not relevant to the discussion at hand. 

15 hours ago, 0ffshore360 said:

Drill a hole and insert a straw !

Through the glass bottle or the remaining cork?

13 hours ago, thesetat said:

i do not predict this sale will be a good thing for Asean now or for its members.. As Asean now always took their posts from other news services, now with Thaiger as the owner I think the only news we will actually see will be the same we can see in the Thaiger online. So why have this app?

The only good that came out of this sale is for the owners of Asean now. Perhaps now is a good time to start up website free from Thaigers influence. Utilizing many sources to get us our information. Who can say that Thaiger is unbiased in their approach to giving news to its followers? I can not count the number or ads i have seen in Thaiger shown as a news report when it should have been in their advertising section to promote Thailand. Tis a sad day for Asean Now. 

I'm also wondering about the 'reporting' staff, there seems to me quite a gang, most with very limited experience. some / many with very little time in Thailand / S.E. ASEAN,  and some of their comments / summaries are not that good and many spelling errors. 

Sent various size/weight envelopes and cardboard tubes with X Rays from Chiang Mai to Melbourne and Hobart in Oz, always EMS, always delivered 2 to 3 days. Postal staff at the Central PO in CM always efficient, friendly and helpful.  

Basically same timing in reverse Oz to CM by EMS. 

Pretty  good service.

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I felt that ever since they became Asean now, the moderation was much better. Previously, people would get warned for the tiniest of infractions. Hopefully this lack of censorship will continue.

 

Keep up the good work. 

Sure and always remembering that the owners must respect / abide by various laws. 

23 minutes ago, TDCNINJA said:

Does this mean the radical Marxists who post here will finally be held accountable?

Examples...

12 hours ago, BigBruv said:

Are the mods changing?

Someone didn't read the earlier post, it says clearly the mods stay. 

12 hours ago, 2long said:

I was first to reply! 😉🤭🙄

Good, and you've achieved the impossible, a post which hasn't attracted the 'confused' emoji. 

Good luck to all concerned. 

Re the jury selection. If enough folks cannot be 'accepted', what's the alternative?

I'm assuming that somewhere in the relevant act there would be an alternative - all possibilities covered. 

And i'm assuming there is an alternative because i'm believing that the case cannot be simply cancelled because 'no jury'.

51 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Yes we can not have an intelligent woman as President fragile male egos will not allow it.

She has been very quiet since becoming VP.

On the other hand prior she was impressive. 

18 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

Believe me, the general Thai population are as clueless about the workings of government agencies as we farangs. They dispise them as much as we do. and suffer the same frustrations and inconsistences as we do. A Thai friend of mine, an academic, told me that civil servants here are the bottom of the food chain, lower even than farmers. 

I confirm that, most in my extended Thai family avoid Amphur and similar offices like the plague. Main reasons:

- Less than clear answers.

- Citizen often enough they know the answers given are wrong but any attempt to query the wrong answer ends up in abuse.

- Demands for money.

On the other hand my Thai son won't bide the above. Example, he took his Thai wife and 2 kids (14 and 11) to the local passport issuing office (Northern Thailand province). Aim: get new passport for himself (current p.port soon to expire), new passports for wife and 2 kids).

Initial response was negative all round.

Various excuses.  Some e.g.'s : Son had 2 passports issued previously, p'port lady said 'too many, you have exceeded the the total allowed. have to wait 5 more years' Wife (30 years old, had every document invented with her. 'Cannot, her mother needs to sign that daughter can have a p'port'. Mother 500Km away.

2 Kids 'too young cannot issue p'ports (14 and 11)'. Son noticed an old uni friend walking away from the counter, his very young daughter 3 or 4  years old looking at her new p'port. Son asked his buddy if he would show his daughters p.port to the p.port lady son had been talking to.

Result lots of abuse. Supvr came to see what the problem was; son had to get strong with the errant p.port officer ant tell her to stop talking and listen. Supvr  confirmed that kids can have a Thai passport from 1 day old. And confirmed son's wife had sufficient document to get pp.port issued on the spot. And confirmed there is no limit on how may total passports can be issued to a Thai person.

Supvr took son to another desk and monitored the immediate issue of all the passports: son, wife, 2 kids.

Son then insisted on an apology from the errant officer which came quickly when the supvr instructed her to apologize.

She tried to give an excuse 'I've been busy all week and I need a quiet day'. Supvr told her her comment was unacceptable and to apologize to my son and his wife and then go home and wait for a phone call from the suprvr whether she was dismissed.

45 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Well, in late 2011 I visited The Tropics and specifically Thailand for the first time in my life, places that before then I had flown over on the way to Europe. And I encountered a hansum young Thai Khmer man, many years younger than me. And here we are over 12 years later happily married and living in Surin.

 

Clearly the rush to the head was both overwhelming and enduring.

Good for you and your partner, I hope it's a picture of equality and I hope it continues for your lifetimes.

4 hours ago, Artisi said:

It's just a game to appease and appear they are doing the right thing when we already know the ordained outcome - a farce. 

Unfortunately, sadly true.  

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

I'd still be serving my life sentence if charged with all the times I've had sex in public, discreetly as possible.   Well, to the naked eye, usually.   Sure I've been captured on CCTV more than a few times 

Is this post your submission for an award? 

On 4/15/2024 at 3:01 PM, snoop1130 said:

 

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra jokingly told Pheu Thai party’s ministers that he could hold a cabinet meeting in Chiang Mai today, because there were 18 of them attending a dinner with him.

 

Among the Pheu Thai ministers in attendance this evening were Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit, Deputy Transport Ministers Manaporn Charoensri and Surapong Piyachote, Deputy Agriculture Minister Chaiya Promma. Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong, Tourism and Sports Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, PM’s Office Minister Puangpetch Chunla-iad, Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang, Deputy Interior Minister Kriang Kaltinan, Culture Minister Sermsak Pongpanich and Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat.

 

They were also joined by former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, Thaksin’s brother Payap, sister Yaowapa and several Pheu Thai MPs.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-04-15

 

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Perhaps he was hoping someone would suggest he chair the meeting. But in the photo he looks weak and sick. 

6 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

CO has no smell and there was no suggestion that the smell of exhaust fumes was detected in the van.  Once the CO had started to take effect on those passengers, they would be less and less likely to be in a position to make the rational  decision to get out, neither would they likely be physically able to get out as unconsciousness took over.

Nothing mentioned whether the driver was affected.

On 9/26/2023 at 4:14 AM, scorecard said:

I'm wondering why to continue Injury and Sickness benefits using the ongoing Voluntary Insurance scheme the SSF wants to see the foreigners name in a  Yellow Tabien Baan TB book?

 

Name in Yellow TB book plus pink ID card is a requirement to get approval for Injury and Sickness benefits to continue using the Voluntary Insurance scheme (member pays their monthly contribution at a Thai bank for tansfer to the SSF).

 

I have Thai Permanent Residence PR (27 years) therefore my name is in the typical dark ble covered TB book. The SSF says this is not aceptable, must be a yellow TB book. 

 

Why?

 

(The yellow TB book is used for foreigners who have a long-term Visa (Visa is a key word because visas have an expiry date, some can be renewed but renewal is not automatic.

 

On the other hand PR holders are entered in the dark blue TB book because their approval to be in Thailand is for lifetime / permanent (cheewit), same as citizens). The pink ID card issued to PR holders shows 'cheewit' in the expiry date section bottom centre of the pink card. Cheewit is the Thai word for lifetime).

Some months later. I called the 1506 hotline and spoke to a SSO lawyer. I explained my name is in the typical dark blue covered Tabien Baan book because I have Thai Permanent Residence PR (27 years). 

The SSO lawyer shared that most SSO staff in local offices have very little/ zero  knowledge of the different coloured TB books and sme for different types of visas / PR etc.

She said she would call the CM SSO office and explain all of this to them. Soon after the Snr. officer from the CM office called me and shared that he now understood and my name in the dark blue TB book (he already had a copy) was totally acceptable.