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And you don't mention what's on offer in Vietnam, Indonesia / Bali....

Thanks for confirming that situation, appreciated.

Keep in mind that the gov't may be pushinsg all gov't agencies to collect some form of fee to offset the costs of operating those agencies. Or, in other words, why should Joe Public who never has any business whatever with the customs department be paying into taxpayers general funds to operate that agency?

Here's a cut and paste from the appropriate Centrelink site. I have called the Thailand free call number several times over several years, always got through and speaking to a Clink officer in less than a minute. Never ever had charges added to my AIS phone bill. "If you are in one of the following countries, you can use our free call numbers listed. The numbers may not be free from mobile or public phones. c c c Thailand 001 800 611 4136 "

Thaksin Shinawatra Covered His Entire 6-Month Hospital Cost In other words thaksin just ignores the correct / legal way / regulations to handle this matter and decides 'I will do it my way'. Can he do that? Is his method legal? Can a member of the public just handle this as they want? Or should the debt be handled strictly / only through an existing law / embedded regulation / protocol? Such arrogance.

He has a Ph.D. in criminal justice from a no name very very low ranking US university which is located in a no name / very low profile state.

No fried tomatoes with oregano?

Good question... I'll assume the answer is no. In fact I rather doubt that an 'ordinary' prisoner' would have any chance / opportunity to discuss / negotiate such an option.

Alcohol on Thai trains has serious very bad history including the murder of a teenage girl on a train and the drunk murderer throwing her dead body out of a train window. Not surprising that there's severe laws re banning alcohol on trains.

OK, but if he's not assessed as having serious mental problems then seems to me he's well capable of knowing / understanding that bomb threats to aircraft is a very serious matter and brings very severe long-term punishments. On the other hand he's overstayed for 28 days and I think it can be assumed he knows this brings strong punishments. Perhaps he is incapable of logical analysis / thoughts and needs help. Singaporeans are well educated and well informed, and he's not a child, he's an adult, all folks (incl this guy) know that the chaos caused with a bomb threat is serious and brings serious punishment.

Sure, but there's many many small unlicensed shops which sell to anybody / anytime.

Yawn.

Perhaps take a very fast train with a sleeper cabin. Took this service once between Shanghai and Beijing. New train, super fast, very comfortable, many services available by calling the conductor, wake up call as ordered with coffee, shoes shined. I got a good sleep.

Many times I have done a quick search "Is xxxxx (newspaper / news website) biased? Often enough there's data which seems to be legit, more to the point It alerts me how much to believe in the reporting / stories / reports etc., that are offered. Many times after doing the above search I haven't gone past the headline. I always remember my dad's comment: 'Newspapers contain facts and opinions. The opinions are always biased according to the beliefs, values etc., of the owner / reporter.'

Stupid comment. There's vile people in every society / religion / culture. We had a neighbor opposite us in my old hometown who regularly beat up his wife and small kids with his fists and with a leather belt and an electric cord with plugs on both ends.. Several times either my dad of the man who lived next to the wife beater would go into the wife beater's house and tie him to a chair until the police they had called arrived. My dad and the other neighbour who helped took the wife and children to hospital several times and then brought them home after they got some treatment. Several times the wife and kids had broken arms, teeth smashed, and more. In those days family and children's services barely existed. He never got charged because his wife feared he would get even more severe revenge. The twist: On sunday mornings the whole family would go off to church (Methodist church) and the wife beater was a lay preacher and councilor. It happens in all societies unfortunately.

It's my experience that on late night flights the cabin crew attend to any urgent requests from passengers then as quickly as possible turn the cabin lights right down and close the shades. Most passengers seem to like this configuration and try to sleep. Can depend of course on how much distraction there is from movies etc., flickering, but I've noted not many passengers use the on screen entertainment offerings vert late at night when lights are off.

If I need to take a very long flight I always book flights which depart very late night / very early morning (if available). I always sleep well. If it's a day time flight cannot sleep at all.

You'll be awake and alert quickly if there's an emergency. Nature.

Sanoh Tiengthong, scaly politician for several decades, chameleon as needed to get the 'best deals' also very involved in the Alpine saga. Sanoh well known to be very corrupt got himself into various high ranking jobs / positions then had laws changed or changed the laws himself to gain massive personal benefits.

Same except in SIngapore I've had quickly organized meetings in my guest room (4 or 5 people) and ordered quick refreshments (sandwiches, spring rolls, etc.,) plus beer / wine. Never a problem. Malaysia not so easy.

Years back I stayed in many hotels / many cities / many countries while travelling for work. In those days some hotels would say that beer cans / bottles that they had put in the mini-fridge were marked/stamped/coded whatever. If I wanted to drink I would take all the beer cans out of the hotel mini-fridge and hide them in my suitcase, and fill the mini-fridge with cans brought in secretly from 7/11. All easy. Then at an appropriate time (before daily cleaning / re-stocking) remove the 7/11 beer into my suitcase and return the hotel beer to the mini fridge. Easy and quick.

Agreed, and that's the point I raised 2 hrs ago.

Yes there is a sales commission, for SELLING THE PROPERTY (often 3%, sometimes 5% of the agreed sale / purchase price) for: finding a prospective buyer and arranging for the prospective buyer to inspect the property / meet the seller / discuss and agree the sale/purchase price, agree which party pays the LTO charges etc. That all happens outside of / separate to / before any charges at the LTO.

So you're so keen to see it all exposed. So where is the evidence? I guess you've never read any of the many accounts of trump rally attenders being paid to attend?

Hope that suit is waterproof, could get very wet when playing with grand children in wading pool.