paul1804

Sadly for the Thai people the entire system is corrupt, we know it and they know it!

What a classic!!

How long will this "supposed" crackdown last I wonder, I guess once the RTP have a few thousand baht in their pockets they will retreat to the station until the next major crackdown which we know is just a pathetic attempt at improving road safety so the authorities can say they are addressing Thailands world status road fatalities!

Just another story that we already know is absolute BS but its Thailand so to be expected!

I am surprised to hear so many non Thai citizens gunning for Thuksin, I had a friend that worked for him when he was in power, she is a fine upstanding extremely intelligent lady. She told me of the many things that Thuksin was trying to do to improve the lives of the not so fortunate Thai people but was continually blocked and ridiculed by the Thai elite, hisos, the generals and so on. Maybe he did screw up but he made his money prior to becoming the leader unlike many others. If Pita from move forward party had been allowed to lead Thailand would be a different country now and many of the reforms that Thaksin was trying to push through would be again on the move!

A sunny place for shady people!! I guess with their back grounds they felt comfortable in Thailand's "honest" environment!!!

I dont feel intimidated when I see police on the street, maybe if I had done something wrong I would! I cannot see a public toilet or garbage bin spoiling the atmosphere, I live right in the middle of a tourist attraction so know first hand what tourists are asking for, toilets, directions, information & can I put my garbage in your bin? Fortunately we have little crime here but Phuket & Pattaya have become almost daily news alerts. This is not good for pending tourists and Thailands image, the longer it goes on the worse tourist numbers will be!

Its not about who cleans it up but more to the point is addressing this common problem throughout Thailand!

This is a common problem in Thailand, the authorities just dont see the connection between getting quality tourists & their money and providing simple basic ammenities. This is just another reason for people to choose other destinations with easier visa rules that are not forever changing, the street violence in Thailand is rising so the need for better policing, maybe even just seeing police walking the streets would be a good start to sending the right message. Address the corruption, Taxi mafia and their constant rip off prices & with their aggression towards competitors who offer a cheaper service. Places like Phuket, Koh Samui, Krabi, Hua Hin etc etc that have large concentrations of tourists at beaches with no garbage bins, no public toilets, no tourist information centres and so are just missing the big picture. Obviously the same ammenities at other non seaside tourist attractions. You want tourist dollars then provide basic amenities to cover their needs. So instead of spending 3.5B baht on some brainless scheme of attracting the Chinese who are poorly toilet trained and get confused between a toilet and the street spend that money on tourist related infrastructure and getting the "police" to actually Police which may address some of this growing street violence!!

yes I guess so!

Not near as weird as your statement, given the guys name, Tran Huybao Khang how could you relate him to being a Kiwi???

With a statement like that I think you should change your name to SAFETY LAST

One could say this entire submarine saga is a joke but quite honestly it is way beyond that, when will Thailand get a leader with the common sense to say we have no sensible use for a submarine but we could do with another Frigate to replace the one that sank!! They were never told that boats need maintaining so consequently it sank with no reason made public although it was quite apparent that the sea water pumps weren't up to capacity and unable to cope with the water it was taking on in rough seas!!

I cannot believe these TAT morons, their last news flash was that tourism had slumped dramatically, then they claim down by 1% which is hardly a slump! Also just recently they claimed whilst numbers were down spend per tourist was up which probably confirms their statement that Chinese numbers were down & being budget tourists that makes sense. Now they are "positively beaming" because European numbers are up which is good news but I have a restaurant and I can tell you my numbers are well down this month on 2023 & 2024 & April wasn't flash either!!

do you meant the "English" guy who fled??