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Somchai live on Channel 3.
Did any of our fluent Thai speakers watch this?
What did he say?
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this whole buying vote argument is so childish; explain this to me;
I take 1000 baht from 1 party, take 1000 baht from the second party, but actually vote for a third party ... how do you know, how do you stop it?
you're whole vote-buying argument has no value what so ever !
all it means is that you're really bad in finding excuses ...
My friend's wife saw officials photocopying completed ballot papers and writing names on them when she went to vote in the last election.
Her parents' village's votes were sold wholesale to the PPP - after her parents voted Democrat instead (without telling anyone), the village officials told them not to expect any support in the future.
Very simple, and pretty much proven in the courts. I'm surprised that people are still questioning this.
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It's really quite simple. Thailand is a country of HAVES and HAVE NOTS. The HAVES, meaning the rich and elite resent the fact that as it is now, one man one vote. Do you really want politicians who are able to get away with murder and pass that immunity to punishment down to the next generation of the elite? Laws for the poor and laws for the elite are quite different.
That PAD is being duped and bought by those who wish to destroy democracy. I have absolutely no answers either. My own wife is an anarchist and she refuses to listen to reason.
The problem is not that it is one-man one-vote.
The problem is that it is 500*-baht one-vote.
And that is not democracy.
*Varies by area, obviously
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Thunder you could be busy all night as it sounds like a rampage
The article on the BBC News reads:
"The protesters have been occupying the grounds of government buildings for six weeks, but the demonstration had so far been largely peaceful.
They are members of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), a group that wants to replace the one-man, one-vote system with a system in which some of the representatives are chosen by professions and social groups rather than the general electorate."
Is this true? I try to keep up to date with the deveoplments but this is new to me!!!
It's not, and I've already emailed a complaint to the BBC.
A combination of elected and appointed representatives (like the UK's Lords/Commons setup) was suggested as an idea for discussion by Sondhi, who is just one of the PAD's leaders. He didn't claim to speak for the other leaders, nor for their thousands of supporters, most of whom just want to see a corrupt administration out of office.
Some very shoddy reporting going on today.
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New York Style Pizza - http://nysp.biz/menu.jpg - two shops, you should probably choose the nearest to you.
Pizza Hut - 1150
Pizza Company - 1112
I think they moved from Thonglor to Nana.
Actually, Nana was a new shop. But as I haven't gone down Thonglor lately, I don't know if that one is still there or not. The menu lists phone numbers for both shops.
The Thonglor branch closed a couple of months back, I think. Certainly closed now.
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I've seen a few topics with people asking where to find places that play indie music, so figured I'd share the news. Every night they play indie, punk, new wave and alternative (only English language) and they open at 6pm.
White Out is a new pub that opened a month ago in Coco Walk. Coco Walk is almost behind the Rock Pub at Ratchathewi BTS station, exit 4. There are quite a few pubs in a small space there, but this one is on the Northeast corner, straight back from the BTS, the furthest corner from Rock Pub.
So far the food menu is all in Thai and the drinks are only whiskey or beer but the owners are very welcoming of foreigners and happy to meet people with similar musical tastes.
Went down to Coco Walk last night.
Couldn't hear any indie/alternative music from any of the bars - and there are a few. I'd forgotten to note its exact location, which I now see is the north-east corner, but we had a good wander around.
A few of the units were closed, and unless I'm mistaken I think White Out must have been one of them.
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That's a load of rubbish, just seen samak on BBC World News, saying he will never stand off or resign, watch the video here.
Posted at 08.45 GMT, ie. 15.45 Bangkok time. So around five hours before the Nation published its rumour story.
Plenty of time for him to have changed his mind.
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Do not know about the Government being silly, but when The Thai Government get wind of what the UK Government announced yesterday, it will be the end of the end for all 3G mobiles. The UK Gov, in their wisdom, have announce a new law that all mobiles that take pictures/videos will be banned , as they have been used by thugs to take pics and footage of beatings of both adults and youths.
Not doubting you but that sounds very hard to believe. Do you have a link for the banning of camera mobiles in the UK?
its only in at schools in West Lothian in Scotland
And that story is from more than four years ago, so not "yesterday" either. Glad we cleared that one up!
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Do not know about the Government being silly, but when The Thai Government get wind of what the UK Government announced yesterday, it will be the end of the end for all 3G mobiles. The UK Gov, in their wisdom, have announce a new law that all mobiles that take pictures/videos will be banned , as they have been used by thugs to take pics and footage of beatings of both adults and youths.
Utter nonsense, where on earth did you hear this?
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Enter the wrong code 3 times and it will ask you to enter the PUK Code. Get the code off your Sim Card package (it's on the card that you snap the actual Sim card off). Once you enter your PUK code it will ask you to enter a new PIN Code.
Hope that helps.
Argh.
What do you do if you don't have the card that you snapped the SIM card off?
My phone, with a pre-paid DTAC SIM, is requesting the PUK code. I have no idea what it is.
Already tried the DTAC website, which was about as helpful as you'd expect.
Do I need to buy a new SIM card? Or a new telephone?
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Install [...] linux [...] without firewallIt's for an online remote-controlled radio receiver...
Oh dear...
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There's a new pizza place on Thong Lo, between sois 7 & 9.
Called (wait for it) "New York Style Pizza". Big orange sign, you can't miss it. I was impressed.
nb. I have no interest in the company. Merely enjoyed lunch there.
A bit acedemic really, taste is subjective. As students in NY we grew up on this stuff so I have a natural bias to New York Style.
I was at the big orange place (as aboive) last Sunday, apparently just opened. Hands down the best New York style pizza I have had for a long time, brings back memories.
Do they sell slices?
They do. I *think* it was 60 baht/slice, but could be wrong.
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Alas, sad news for us NY style pizza lovers
But good news for my waistline..........
There's a new pizza place on Thong Lo, between sois 7 & 9.
Called (wait for it) "New York Style Pizza". Big orange sign, you can't miss it. I was impressed.
nb. I have no interest in the company. Merely enjoyed lunch there.
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Australian male.
In June i arrived on a one-way ticket with no onward ticket at Suvar,
60 day 2 entry visa,
I haven't had a 30 day stamp now for maybe a year or more,
i entered without a problem.
now I am wondering if it will be the same when i arrive in december with no onward ticket again.
has anyone got stuck and not admitted, any on the spot solutions available?
Are you coming from Australia in December, or from a visa run? ie. Where are you now?
The rules say you only have to show an onward ticket if you don't have a visa.
So just make sure you have one or the other before you try to enter...
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I rang the number above and a recorded announcement said to look at "www.royalthaiconsulate.com"
When I looked at the site, I got a screen full of unhelpful pop-ups!
This strongly suggests to me that something is amiss!
Or you misheard the website address
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If you do now want to passive smoke then stay in your own home. Then you do not inflict your preferences on others
My preference is not to inhale others smoke personally I'd like to see a complete ban of smoking in public i.e the smokers stay home that way young kids don't get exposed to cigarette smoking and the misconception it is cool.
Don't hold your breath on that one.
It's true that air-conditioned bars are already technically part of the existing smoking ban. In reality though, the proprietor pays a small stipend to the authorities, and customers can enjoy a cigarette with their drink without having to loiter outside like a vagrant.
Perhaps some enterprising entrepeneur would like to open a non-smoking pub in which the rules are properly enforced. I wonder how much business he would get...
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This is not news. Smoking was banned in air conditioned places back in 2003. Thailand being Thailand, it hasn't made a bit of difference. I like Thailand.
To the amusing rabid anti-cigarette brigade, if you really think smoking is worse than exhaust fumes then I have a proposition for you:
I will go and sit in a car, close all the windows, and chain smoke cigarettes.
You go and sit in a car, run a hose from the exhaust pipe into the car, and start your engine.
We'll soon see which is the more harmful...
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Why are Thai women so popular?
You decide.
WHO is that?!
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I don't agree with your statement, for genuine tourists who stay for less the 30 days and have a return ticket and qualify for visa excempt (>40 countries) it's a walk in the park.
When you want to use Thailand as a travel hub, stay longer and don't have proof of onward travel, it becomes a little bit more difficult, but by obtaining a tourist visa (either multiple entries, or using re-entry permit) it isn't a big deal. You just need to figure out how many times you are entering thailand. By determining that you could decide to get a multiple entry visa, or use re-entry permits, and plan your last entry within 30 days of flying back, so you will get the free 30 day excempt stamp.
Remember for Vietnam for instance, you will need a visa beforehand. Otherwise, consider using Malaysia as your travel hub, You will get 90 days visa excempt, no onward ticket requirement and KL is the main hub for Air Asia and from KLIA there are plenty of other flights.
Hi, thanks for the Vietnam info. I was already aware of it (she'll apply for the visa in the Bangkok embassy), but I believe a few folks have got as far as the .vn border before realising they needed a visa!
I agree that for most regular 2-week holidays, the Thai immigration/visa laws are perfectly acceptable. However, Thailand's the only country I'm aware of in the region with the 90/180 day or onward-ticket nonsense. Truly the ginger step-child of SE Asia
The problem with the whole multi-entry thing is that no itinerary has been decided yet. It's my friend's first trip - this is why she's starting in Bangkok, so that I can give her a helping hand with the language and a push in the right direction - but she's obviously going to find places she loves, and places she can't stand. Far better to figure out which they are on the way, and plan around that, rather than committing to how long she's going to stay in them before she gets there.
Anyway, I think we've got enough to go on now. Thanks again to all responders.
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A multi re-entry permit will only serve for the 60 day entry (current permitted to stay until stamp) - not for the extra 30 day extension of stay so it may be cost effective to just obtain single re-entry if you want to use that method.
Ah, I didn't know that - thanks.
I have no idea what her itinerary is going to be, and neither does she. She doesn't particularly want to commit to staying for specific lengths of time in places she hasn't been to yet, which seems perfectly sensible to me.
No sense in committing to a week in eg. Hanoi if you might end up discovering that you either want to leave after a day, or stay for a month.
Once again, the visa rules make it a complete pain for genuine tourists, but hey - what's new?
Thanks for the info everyone - appreciated.
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Thanks guys, that's what I suspected.
I think that her best bet is to get a single-entry tourist visa from the UK before she leaves (60 days, extendable to 90), and then get a multiple re-entry permit (3,800 baht?) when she gets here. If I'm right, that'll allow her to pop in and out of Thailand as she pleases, without any worries about showing onward tickets for the duration of her stay.
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Immigration were also enforcing the onward travel rule at BKK airport although the signs requesting it seem to have been removed.The signs were there when I went through immigration at Suvarnabhumi on Wednesday. Something like "Please have ready your passport, immigration card and onward ticket".
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Hi folks,
Finally on a proper visa myself, but a pal is coming to visit in October. She's coming from London, on a UK passport, and intends to spend 3 months or so travelling around SE Asia - Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bali etc, using Bangkok as a 'hub'.
Given that she'll be spending a fair bit of that time outside Thailand exploring elsewhere, I advised her that she doesn't need a tourist visa, as she can get exemption stamps for 90 days in 180, etc. All good stuff.
However, I just found out that she's booked her flight into Bangkok from London, but is returning to London from Singapore. She hasn't booked any of the intermediate flights yet, but is planning on getting here first and then figuring out an itinerary "on the hop", so to speak.
So, since her onward ticket (Singapore to UK) doesn't actually leave from Thailand, is she likely to have problems entering Thailand without a visa? I guess she could get a single entry tourist visa and pay for a multi re-entry permit - what do people recommend?
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If we're being asked for reviews, I enquired via the website about the visa run to Penang service last week.
They wanted 4750 baht to take me to the consulate and put me in a hotel.
They couldn't tell me what paperwork I needed for my visa application.
They also couldn't tell me whether the consulate would be open on the dates I specified.
Went by myself (first time in Penang), and sorted everything out for half the price. Quite prepared to concede that I may have hit them on a bad day, of course - YMMV.
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Dean Barrett offers the other side of the story on his website.
Take it with a large pinch of salt, because - well, it's Dean Barrett...
All hel_l breaks loose:The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand in the Maneeya Building near Chitlom Skytrain Station offers lots of interesting talks. If you are not a member, maybe you should be; and you do not have to be a journalist or correspondent to join. The other night there was a lecture by Professor Barry Rubin entitled "Is the Middle East a Threat to Asia?" As you might have guessed, the anti-Israel leftists were out in force shouting and demanding to talk (rather than ask questions) and attempting to hijack the speech about the Middle East in Asia to a talk about Israel and the Palestinians. In the right hand picture you can see the moderator demanding that one of the rude idiots sit down and shut up. He even threatened to have another ###### escorted out. Another idiot began babbling about colonialism and the Crusades apparently forgetting that the Christian Crusades were simply a response to Muslim Crusades which had begun in the 7th century and which had wiped out Christianity in the Middle East and Northern Africa. But there is no reasoning with leftist <deleted>. Nevertheless, the FCCT is well worth joining and is cheap, food is good, and it is a very convenient and congenial place to have dinner with friends.After I wrote the above, I saw that the Muslim fanatic writing for the Bangkok Post every other Sunday had completely distorted the event and so I wrote the following:Dear Sir, In his recent column Imtiaz Muqbil very much distorts what actually occurred and why it occurred at the foreign correspondents club when a lecture was given by Professor Barry Rubin entitled "Is the Middle East a Threat to Asia?" As you might have guessed, the anti-Israel leftists were out in force shouting and demanding to talk (rather than ask questions) and attempting to hijack a speech about the Middle East in Asia to begin an argument about Israel and the Palestinians. The moderator and the vast majority of people there were appalled at the lack of manners on the part of three or four individuals and the moderator even threatened to have one escorted out. One somewhat unbalanced individual began babbling about colonialism and the Crusades apparently forgetting that the Christian Crusades were simply a response to Muslim Crusades which had begun in the 7th century and which had wiped out Christianity in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Even more ludicrous than his dishonest distortion of the facts is Muqbil's attempt to relate a speech at the FCCT in Thailand as part of some conspiracy "to prepare global public opinion for an attack on Iran." But anyone who has read Imtiaz Muqbil knows that distortion, exaggeration and misrepresentation is what he specializes in.Dean BarrettNeedless to say, the Bangkok Post refused to print my letter although they printed one from a guy who doubted Muqbil's version of events and wished he could hear from someone who was there. As I said before, the Bangkok Post has become more and more leftist and more and more pro-Islamist. And for several months got down on its knees to Taksin and even fired their editor (by kicking him upstairs and installing a more pliable one) when he wasn't pro-Taksin enough. If you want the news as it is in Thailand, read the Nation.http://www.deanbarrettthailand.com/2007%20...e%20Roundup.htm
Suvarnabhumi PAD Protest Continues
in Thailand News
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Somchai is in Nakhon Phanom.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingne...newsid=30089806
A friend in the area tells me he's still there.