Mr Meeseeks

They will stab you in the back soon as look at you.

Not so long ago, the then Prime Minister suggested having 'exotic animals' on the menu at Chiang Mai night safari. And yes, I am not joking. The idea was to import 'big game' animals from Kenya and serve them to customers. Only in Thailand.

Such poorly skilled drivers here. Lucky no-one was seriously injured or killed by this idiot.

How many of them will have ridden a bike from that category before? 5%, or less?

Yep, and no tax residence either as they are tourists.

Bingo.

They will take the money first and expect the foreigners to prove it is not taxable.

Correct. There is always a workaround.

You must be gutted! ????

Nonsense. Gen. Suchinda and some of the other dictators were far, far worse.

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Everything they touch is a complete disaster. The problem starts as soon as they get a whiff of the money. They treat all funds as their own personal bank account then work from there.

KY gelly surely?

The jails would be overflowing with hit and runners.

She had breakfast, and she said, as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it.

Just what I was thinking. Lauding the current government's efforts. She'll be back in a few months, diagnosed with a serious illness, no doubt.

They just can't help themselves can they?

I think he is referring to the tourist tax they are about to charge foreign tourists on entry to Thailand. ????

Is that his house? ????

Another one? These are a weekly occurrence nowadays.

What an eyesore!

As usual, almost complete mismanagement from start to finish. They won't care as it is not going to impact them. When it does result in a loss of face through social media reports on the delays, queues and general disruption being caused there may be some action taken. Reactive, not proactive.

Indeed, and no surprise why they are not going after the companies and businesses that employ these illegals. All legal workers in Thailand have to pay social security and register at a local hospital.

A lot of naivety on this forum from expats that should know better. Any foreigner in hospital will have to pay as usual. There will be no change there. This fund will only be used to pay the hospitals and other organisations that lose money because potless foreigners are destitute or can't pay. Folk thinking that foreigners can rock up to Thai hospitals and get free medical treatment because they are 'covered' by some 30 day health insurance are deluding themselves. That's not how it works here.

Do you honestly believe any tourists will get medical cover free from the Thai govt? ????