Javier

On 5/26/2021 at 4:47 AM, RichardColeman said:

Are there seriously any honest Nigerians in this country ? Thailand really does not need these people in the country - there are no positive Nigerian stories ever posted on TV - just one every couple weeks about more Nigerian scammers.

 

Give them all 10 years and deportation on release.

 

 

I have never heard of any positive news of Nigerians in Asean nations. Not that I want to stereotype them, just never heard of any.

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I was there a couple of years back, didn't appear to be any shortage of attractive and available women.

But a lot of the 'commie Chinese' men didn't appear to have enough money to attract one.

Same game as the rest of the world, women don't want to breed with poor men any more.

 

Back on topic, I don't think COVID will ever go away, inject one vaccine and another variant will get you.

I don't think tourism will return anywhere in the world to countries that legislate about COVID.

Just to add inputs to the above, middle class city man also does not want to get married. They would join the local dating agency to provide suitable head counts and get to sleep around for free or even get paid by the dating agency. It is already a different society from what you would expect.

Step 1: Set a goal, claiming it will be achieved.

Step 2: Blame someone, example the delivery did not occur.

Step 3: Repeat step 1.

2 minutes ago, Poet said:

If they know that the fully-vaccinated tourist presents zero biological risk to anyone he meets in any province, what, exactly, is the problem?
 

The problem is having vaccinated does not prevent one from ever catching the virus. It can only prevent death from it. Hence, if a person not showing signs and move around within days over several province, he or she can be a super spreader.

2 minutes ago, Poet said:

Yes, that is my whole point. The elites know that mass tourism cannot possibly return with those restrictions in place. The emergence of credible vaccine verification is their opportunity to jettison all of that.

As for quarantine upon your return, individual countries may vary but my strong hunch is that the ability of the fully-vaccinated to avoid quarantine on the way back will soon be heavily touted as one of many "vaccine bonuses" to encourage the laggards to get jabbed.


 

The initial plan of having tourist travel within a state and get that particular state to be vaccinated should be a better plan if they want to have travelers back asap. The problem with this is how they can make sure tourist would stay within that province and not wander to other province? 

8 minutes ago, Poet said:

Why?

I have seen quite a few people repeated this idea on the forum and I am genuinely curious as to why you think it makes sense.

There seem to be two closely related assumptions:

1. To protect the public, the Thai government will not open to fully-vaccinated foreign tourists until almost every Thai citizen has been vaccinated.

2. Fully-vaccinated foreigners will be too frightened to visit Thailand until almost every Thai citizen has been vaccinated.

I believe the first assumption completely misinterprets the motivations and priorities of the Thai elites, while the second assumption massively underestimates the risk tolerance of the type of tourist who enjoys traveling in South East Asia.

The overwhelming priority of the junta is to avoid being deposed by an even more reactionary army faction. The real threat to them does not come from the students or even the red shirts. Only a few dozen families matter in Thailand. If they begin to feel that the current junta is losing them more money than is absolutely necessary, they will replace them. For the junta, losing power doesn't just mean that their swiss bank accounts will stop growing. It could well end with them swinging by their necks.

Most people from Western countries, which do a far better job of spinning the illusion of democracy, fail to understand just how much the elites do not care about the Thai people. For all the flag-waving, they see regular Thais as being barely the same species. Anything you hear the government say is designed to placate the masses at a worrying time but don't think for a minute that it reflects their actual instincts or plans.

The emergence of verifiably vaccinated visitors from countries with, thanks to mass vaccination, plummeting active case levels, is the government's golden life raft. They are not going to miss this opportunity to get the money flywheel spinning again.

As for the willingness of fully-vaccinated foreigners to come to Thailand just as soon as the ridiculous testing, paperwork, and quarantine requirements are swept away, if you think anyone is reluctant you must be talking to a very odd selection of people. Every vaccinated friend of mine is positively gagging to hop onto a plane. Seriously, ask around, you will hear the same thing again and again.

 

I believe it is more to do with the amount of days required to be quarantined back and fore. For I am waiting for it to be removed before I take my annual leave and return home for a period of time.

1 minute ago, strabel23 said:

That sounds like an over reaction you may live to regret.

Nope, means I decided not to retire here. Actually was planning to buy a house, but no, I will continue to rent. Btw, thai baht is dropping as we speak.

2 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Ditto.  If Thailand is serious about making itself a place to retire to, they should jettison the mediaeval house-owning laws.  This is unlikely to EVER happen as there are too many lawyers making money from setting up bogus companies; too many auditors coining it in annually by doing the 'books' on this scam.  None of them ever tell you shareholders can go to JAIL when the proverbial hits the fan.

So what happened to me last week was my thai broker asking me for my password and transaction code. I am sure he is just trying to be helpful to assist me in solving the system error that I am suffering from. However, that is definitely inappropriate. Hence I sold all my Thai shares yesterday, waiting for T+2 and moving all my money back home. 

Ask her to google it.

Usually I will make sure the CV is mostly in point form.

Only write paragraphs for cover page.

53 minutes ago, Oxx said:

 

With an annual management charge of 1.6% according to Morningstar Thailand.  It may be simple, but it's not value for money.

 

Did notice, however, that the current price is the same as it was in 2013, so in seven years it's simply gone nowhere and not a single baht in income.  (And pre-2013 the price was higher.)  That's pretty dire.  You'd have been better off putting the money in a bank savings account.

 

 

With a strong baht on one hand and gold price going higher as days passes. I would still prefer to buy GLD on SET. Will sell before year end though.

I am using SCB. Cheap commission and easy to use.

Why not just buy the ETF GLD on SET? It is so much simpler.