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Approval in April and than the same the Gay Marriage Bill??? another year before the Senate has approved it and was published in the Gazette?? Or this can be done quicker??

Nothing new yet, although they pretend Thailand will have a samesex marriage.. The question however is when??? The Senate has to approve first and we all don't know when they will do it.. The mandate of the current sanators ends in May and probably they don't look it anymore, In May new senators are being elected and than it will take again several months before they start working.. Suppose they approve it too than it need to be signed by the King and published, but that can also take 120 days... So nothing will probably change before the 1st of January or maybe later.. And we hope that the current Government will be in power that time, because if there are being new elections probably the law has to be done again.. No I am very sorry but nothing has changed yet for the LGBTI group. Delasying all the time as the shout we want it, but in reality we do everything we can to hold it back

Ridiculous amount of money... Where is it based on?? Suppose it was a "normal"person He would have been fined with 30-50k... of course he needed to be fined, but let's be fair nobody likes to kill someone and maybe the doctor did not watch too for the traffic as everybody knows it is very dangerous  in Thailand with all non educated drivers. The government should be responsible for it as they don't educate properly and don't maintain the roads  and signs.. 

in fact everything can be solved. Tourists are tourists and most tourist come for a few weeks. they are no problem. the problems occur with the long term visas.. many kinds of visa, but why not get rid of them. just make a long stay visa that you can apply for

a. if you retire  from 58 up and with an income or an amount of money in a bankaccoumt just as it is now, but with proof where you are living from.

b. same as a for marriage visa. same as now, but with proof of the money where you are living from.

c. for work with an job contract and all the paperwork needed for a workpermit. 

now the  Russians come on a long term visa for example but nobody knows where they are living from. of course they need money and will work as they have to eat too. With so many jobs that Thais don't like to do., the difficulty to open your own business it is no wonder that people who want to work can work. No need for Thais to feel offended, as the most only go for big money

yes sure... the article is made for having a good feeling... Bangkok on of the most polluted cities in the world, Suvarnabhumi not the best aiport as we could read a few weeks back, Thai airways overpriced and not the quality you can expect.. Emirates, Qatar, Singapore Airlines are much better.. 

Shameful... The prices surely can afford a daily salary of 600 THB.. at least.. Touristic areas and famous  hotels and who have to work for it to keep the stars?/ the cleaners, gardeners, etc.. their work makes it that the hotels can be overpriced. So now time to give a bit back to these people.. Tourists are flocking in as we have to believe

Are there Thais who can sing?? and they don't cover or copy??

In a few months we will read that many Chinese are working illegal here and will be deported..

So nothing achieved in 7 months....is still a lot of wasted time.. He can promote Thailand in the rest of the world but Thailand need changes first

Doping is not allowed....

Good stand up and talk even the current parties don't like it....

17 minutes ago, transam said:

This thread for us English speakers is about 15 farangy's getting nicked for being naughty on the roads.

I personally have no interest in how many Thais have been nicked, we all know a huge number don't follow any rules of the road, but I would've thought farangy's have a very good idea about road use, as they had learned and used it back home.

 

Of course, tourists have no idea what their laws of the road are actually implemented here, but if a rental shop tells tourists..."No Ploblem here", many will go by that and end up with a ploblem....

Thais are no criminals, but foreigners as you state it

15 foreigners out of how many Thais??

Good news, as the Government already said  some time ago that in coming debate the opposition was not allowed to ask questions for national security... The Senators can do it ...problem solved

Thai work only for Thai people, as foreigners we have to live with that.. I don't  never any advice or do anything anymore for the Thai society.. Tooo dangerous for being caught for "illegal" work without a workpermit...Thai people don't have a clue what they are missing on other experiences, help, contact.. but alas in a closed conservative society I can live with it

9 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

You seem to have trouble reading. "Today, authorities raided and shut down a car rental company in Thalang District, discovering Thai nationals involved in money laundering," You can take night school courses in English and reading comprehension if need be, I recommend it. Meanwhile one thing for sure, Thais are superior to you because you're simply inferior to them, and to everyone else. The "crimes" you accuse them of happen everywhere, including YOUR home country. Quit whining or go back where you came from. It's not your country. Really. If you don't like it, leave.  We don't need hypocritical complainers, we don't want to hear it because most of us are quite happy here, we can accept the way things are because we're better off here no matter what the flaws may be. 

Says someone with no brains otherwise he could discuss properly.. Thais in  Dubai, South Korea, Japan , Finland and many other countries are doing much better