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27 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Substantial down payment was paid years ago under the Prayut regime and his "arranged" Parliament approved an installment plan to payoff the balance of the acquisition. That plan cannot be altered nor delayed without agreement from China.

So whatever the current Parliament decides now is already committed.

The so-called "Chinese engine" is actually Chinese generator that will be modified to operate as a propulsion engine. China will certify the "engine" as functional (?) but note that China does not use the generator on any of its submarines as an engine!  So what is a certification really worth?

CHD620 is actually a licensed-manufactured version of the German MTU396 engine. China have produced the CHD620 engines for Germany.

https://www.defensemirror.com/news/35501/Chinese_Submarine_Engine_is_a_Licensed_produced_German_Powerplant__Thai_Navy_Chief

The Hangor-class submarine, jointly produced by China and Pakistan, uses the CHD620 engine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangor-class_submarine

This new rule probably may not be applicable to Malaysians like me. Thailand is a signatory to an agreement that recognizes driving licenses issued by other ASEAN countries.

On 6/23/2025 at 10:00 PM, Lorry said:

Double pricing for the subway, that's something I have never seen.

Thailand is planning to do the same.

There are no dual-pricing policy for individual trip fares. The dual-pricing are for concessionary passes, which used to be only for Malaysian citizens, but now extended to tourists to boost tourism.

On 6/20/2025 at 2:04 AM, zmisha said:

Well, Malaysia has its own strange politicians and crazy things they introduce. Cannot pay cash for public transportation there. So taxi is the only available transport for tourists there. Very inconvenient.

Bus drivers were stealing bus fares by recycling tickets. Moreover, KL could only implement a single concessionary pass system for all the LRT, MRT, Monorail, BRT and bus lines if a single cashless system is employed. RM10 (for foreigners, RM6 for locals) for an unlimited day pass for all the metro lines including buses is a very good deal. You just need to buy a reloadable card (called Touch N Go) at any metro station or at the Touch N Go service center in KL Sentral. You can also use the Touch N Go card to pay for parking and tolls.

1 hour ago, roger101 said:

I don't suppose it helps when The Times ran a Travel item a week or so ago. It stated wonderful country, beautiful beaches, incrdiblel food and lovely people, and cheaper than Thailand. The article was about Malaysia.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/05/19/china-proves-key-market-for-penang-as-tourist-visits-surge-in-2024-says-govt-rep

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GEORGE TOWN: The Penang International Airport (PIA) saw a remarkable surge in Chinese tourist arrivals, with a staggering 218.86% increase in 2024 compared to the previous year, solidifying China’s position as a key foreign market for the state.

State tourism and creative economy committee chairman Wong Hon Wai, said the number of Chinese tourists arriving through international arrivals at Penang International Airport was 5,918 in 2022, 37,711 in 2023, and 120,245 in 2024.

18 hours ago, NE1 said:

 

I wonder how many more they have built with the same low grade materials ?

If low grade materials were used, the project supervisor, in this case, a consortium of 3 firms, has to bear responsibility because they were supposed to certify material quality testing. The project supervisor is not paid tens of millions of baht for doing nothing.

China tourists and students have a safer option with no language barriers:

Tourist arrivals from China to Malaysia up 130.9 per cent last year

The number of students from China applying to study in Malaysian universities grew by 25% last year

2 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

What Facts ???  i never said that anybody was innocent   there is a word ASSUMPTION !!  these people need compassion if they are still alive ??

The date of the attack. The date they were locked up. You have biasedly assumed that they were innocent. What if they were not innocent? If you support terrorists and terrorism or simply die-hard anti China, then no need to argue any further.

Just now, MikeandDow said:

and how do you know  you are talking BS now

I only stated facts. Of course both you and me didn't know for sure if they were involved or not. That's someone's job to find out. But by you deciding that they were surely innocent, that's you trying to BS to yourself too.

Just now, MikeandDow said:

you have NOT aswered the question WHAT have these 40 Uyghur to do with the attack  Nothing !!

And how do you know that they have nothing to do with the attack? You have interrogated them?

2 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

yes i know where it is again since they where locked in IDC since 2011 and these stabbing ocured in 2014 i ask again  how did they support this attack 

No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no ties to any organization have been identified,

Locked up since 2011 or 2014?

https://thediplomat.com/2025/02/thai-court-opens-hearing-into-petition-to-free-detained-uyghurs/

5 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

Oh ok !! since they where locked up in IDC then how did they support this attack  i wonder !!

Don't you know where Kunming is located? Where do you think this group exited China?

Just now, MikeandDow said:

"Compasion " which you seem to lack!!  karma is a bitch !

Yes, karma is a bitch. These Uyghurs should have thought of it before they supported the mass stabbing terrorists at Urumqi and Kunming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kunming_attack

43 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

if that is so, why wait 11 years??

CAUSE with Trump in power, China knows there will be no backlash  😉

It's a good form of deterrence, don't you think? You Uyghurs want to enter Thailand illegally we will send you to jail for years. And after we jail you for years we will chuck you back to China. See how many more Uyghurs dare to come in illegally anymore.

16 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

Hi, thank you for your follow-up info.

So Malaysia and China got an agreement of Prosecution based on the extradition of the foreign criminals(another country punishes  foreign nationals instead of their home country)?

Or they were simply prosecuted because of their past crime in China itself, in the case you mentioned?

 

Anyway, nice to know those lowlifes ended up in  Chinese prison(where they face the harsh enough environment that fraudsters really deserves.

 

Always felt that the modern  1st world is often sick enough to be too nice to those unforgivable bast*rds. Their stockade conditions don't look punishing enough.

There should be no such thing as Comfortable Punishment for those ruined other people's life(physically, psychologically,  and/or financially.

 

Actually, the Taiwanese scammers targeted both Taiwan people and mainlanders. That's why both the mainland and Taiwanese governments wanted to arrest them. After the Taiwan authorities freed the scammers, they realized their mistake after Malaysia subsequently deported Taiwanese scammers to the mainland so eventually they jailed the freed scammers in the hope that future deportation goes to Taiwan instead of the mainland.

11 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

Their most unknown exports.: Cyber Criminals?

And what actually happened to them, after Malaysia sent them to China, instead of their home country(Taiwan)?

 

Were they jailed there?

Or started the same again there?

Of course jailed there. Taiwanese scammers originally operated from Taiwan. After clampdowns by Taiwan authorities, the scammers moved to China. When mainland police cracked down on them, they moved to Southeast Asia. That's why you see Malaysian authorities caught so many Taiwanese scammers.

https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2016/05/taiwans-scam-artists-go-global/

14 hours ago, Lorry said:

Malaysia deports Taiwanese to Mainland China because Malaysia is licking China's boots.

 

As I have said before,  Taiwanese are very valuable workers in the scamming industry,  they speak Chinese (for the main market) and English (for the US, the emerging market) and they are digital natives. 

The bosses are mainland Chinese. 

No scam enterprise is interested in 75y.o. Swiss computer illiterates.

 

 

 

Already shown you the news that originally Malaysia deported the Taiwanese scammers to Taiwan, but too bad the Taiwanese gov simply released them all. Of course Malaysia got angry and deported them to mainland China instead.

The Taiwanese were involved in the scamming business earlier than the mainlanders. They were not all victims, although some of them were. They are still in the business. The mainlanders have learned the business from the Taiwanese scammers.

https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2016/05/taiwans-scam-artists-go-global/

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Jou notes that fraud arrests in Taiwan surged nearly tenfold in the first decade of this century, from 3,200 in 2001 to 31,000 in 2009. By 2014, fraud arrests had fallen to 15,000. “It is believed that the fraudsters and their groups have moved overseas (China, Southeast Asia, other countries) since 2009,” Jou said, citing Chinese police data which indicate fraud cases rose from 130,000 in 2006 to 200,000 in 2010 and 320,000 in 2013. The first media report of a cross-Strait fraud case was published in 2010, and the first Taiwan-Vietnam fraud case appeared in 2013.

22 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

The BTS had weekly and monthly cards, but eliminated them for additional profit.  The likelihood of them coming back across multiple forms of transportation seem very unlikely as long as so much of the system is privatized.

The metro lines of Kuala Lumpur started off as privately owned. The 1997-1998 Asian Financial Crisis bankrupted the cronies of politicians that owned the lines and had to be bailed-out via nationalization. Subsequent lines were built by the state and so a single-payment method for all the lines, including buses, was easily implemented. And because all the lines and buses of Kuala Lumpur are owned by the state, a cheap, heavily subsidized, concessionary pass could be launched. The MY50 monthly pass as it is called, is very popular, with over 220,000 subscribers.

Hey Bob, did you know that according to Buddhism, a womanizer, if reborn as  a human again, will be reborn as a prostitute or ladyboy? Mild cases will be reborn just as a woman.

Bangkok should implement something like in Kuala Lumpur - RM50 (around THB 380) for an unlimited use monthly pass for all lines, including buses. 

8 hours ago, VR333 said:

In Singapore the locals have to pay something like $150 for the casinos there. Very quiet when I've been to MBS on a weekday.

 

Cheaper for Thais to fly to Singapore (free entry with a foreign passport) if they want to gamble legally.

Cheaper to fly to Kuala Lumpur instead.

9 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

Hi, you are in Malaysia?

 

Taiwan's govt kicked  out own criminals to the mainland of China, after they were expelled from Malaysia?

Quite amazing.

 

Thank you for sharing what you knew about scamming business over there.

 

Have a good day.

The Taiwanese government freed the scammers, not kicked them to mainland China.

https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/20-taiwanese-fraud-suspects-deported-from-malaysia-freed-116041600419_1.html

That's why subsequently the Malaysian government deported the Taiwanese scammers to mainland China instead. The Taiwan government was not happy about it and protested.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/11/193100/taiwan-protests-against-malaysias-deportation-telco-fraud-suspects-china

Taiwanese scammers are found in many parts of the world, such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Spain, Kenya, Armenia.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/28/indonesia-says-will-deport-103-taiwanese-suspected-of-cybercrimes-in-bali

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/armenia-78-taiwanese-among-129-deported-to-china-for-fraud

No way Thailand is going to remove visa free status for China tourists. Already lost to Malaysia last year as Southeast Asia's no. 1 tourist destination. Some years back, Malaysia tourist numbers were higher than Thailand's, but it lost the title to Thailand after some stupid Malaysian politicians got rid of the visa-free status for China tourists. And now Malaysia had beaten Thailand again after the visa-free status were reinstated for China tourists.

1 hour ago, black tabby12345 said:

I thought Taiwanese people(in general) are lot smarter(also according to my personal experience with them in the past).

Until I see this headline...

The Taiwanese were in the scamming business earlier than the mainlanders. Here in Malaysia, some years back, the police caught many Taiwanese scammers and deported them back to Taiwan but the Taiwan gov simply released them so after that the authorities deported them to Mainland China instead and from then onwards the Taiwanese scammers didn't dare to operate from Malaysia anymore.

In Thailand, the language used when dealing with the government is Thai. In business, the language used is also Thai. So it is no wonder that the Thais are poor in English - they simply do not have the need to use it on a daily basis, unless they are in the tourism business.

Here in Malaysia, the language used when dealing with the government is Malay and English. In business, the language used is Malay, Chinese and English. That's why the typical Chinese Malaysian can read and write Malay, English and Chinese. Most Thai Chinese and Indonesian Chinese can not speak Chinese.