Albert Zweistein

This is real good news !

13 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

Those of us having been here 5 years or longer could be given an easy pathway to permanent residency forgoing all the immigration hoopla we go through 12 monthly and in doing so he will avoid gagging every time he has to say ex-pats are useful and an aid to the economy.

 

But then he was talking "foreign workers living in Thailand and foreign students studying " not retirees. ????

Foreign students ? Where they come from and what they study in a low educational country like Thailand ?

19 hours ago, cmarshall said:

I think the Thai numbers must be substantially correct.  If the hospitals were clogged with Covid patients we would know.  No one I know in Thailand knows anyone who has been infected with Covid, much less anyone who died of it.  We also know now that wearing masks gives a substantial benefit in restricting the spread of the virus and the Thais have been wearing masks religiously since the outbreak.

 

For some of the expats here their most deeply held conviction is of the utter inferiority of everything Thai, especially compared to the West.  In fact, the public health system in Thailand is quite good.  Do you think the S. Koreans, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, New Zealanders, Greeks and others are all lying?

Thais have been wearing masks religiously. They always are wearing masks, they call it smile.

17 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Absolute "RUBBISH" what on earth prevents the cancellation other than the big boys want their toys !!!! plus of course the 22.5 Billion baht each for the subs that in all honesty are not an essential requirement .......!!!

They need the subs to defend the country against dirty farangs from entering.

12 hours ago, englishoak said:

Wow thats a fast turn around from last weeks BS... still wont be coming back to Thailand for the next few years tho, too much hassle for little benefit. 

Still BS.

Do they have funds to pay the fuel ?

Maybe they should buy her a fridge.

On 8/25/2020 at 2:41 PM, Yinn said:

Number one again! 

 

Number 1 tourism. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandratalty/2019/09/04/bangkok-is-the-most-visited-city-in-the-world-again/#280bc5eb5f1b

 

Number 1 covid control.

https://www.thailand-business-news.com/health/80125-thailand-ranks-first-in-the-global-covid-19-recovery-index.html

 

thaibashers hate this news. 55555555

 

Yinn 

POTY (Most vote ever, fastest ever) 

 

Why Thailand number one again? And again?

Hmmmmm

 

Across the world, Thailand boasts the greatest percentage of women in senior management (45%)

Link

https://www.thailand-business-news.com/news/top-stories/29585-thailand-has-most-women-in-top-management.html

 

The best! 

CEO of a massage shop ?

11 hours ago, Saint Nick said:

All the people who say that no one wants to come to Thailand: in our company we have daily requests, from October onwards!

Yes...it is not the quantity of pre- Covid, but the potential to get at least some decent number of people interested is absolutely there!

But...with this constant yes no mayby no no absolutely not maybe yes- course, this is going nowhere!

As well with the absolutely mindnumbingly stupid 14 days of quaranteen, 100.000 $ coverage insurance and 72 hour- Covid - test!

I wish, some people would just sit down together and come up with a plan!

ANY PLAN!

...but then I wake up and remember, where I am! 

Daily requests, what happens when you inform them about the restrictions/rules, are they still interested ? People is saying nobody wants to come to Thailand with this stupid restrictions you mention your self.

12 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

incl. hotel? where in greece?

Lefkas.

16 hours ago, baansgr said:

£200 for a week in Greece, no quarantine, do what you want and the food and beer is actually cheaper than here now....No ones interested in coming here anymore

Son just went there with wife and 2 kids, € 1,700 for 15 days. Flight and transfer included. Can you beat that Thailand ?

Even staying at the resort is not OK Pipat.

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

The wages are low enough already,now they want to bring zoro hour working to Thailand

that will only benefit Tesco/Lotus now CP, as they will have workers at their beckon call,

and have to pay no benefits at all,no holiday pay,no sick pay, etc etc. knowing how powerful

CP are ,I can see them getting all they ask for.

regards worgeordie

What Zoro has to do with it ?

10 hours ago, LEKPHUKET said:

Expecting to find 2 milj clowns who accept this,people are smarter then that.

This insane 2 weeks quarantine is now presented for weeks and the bkk puppets still not want to understand that this is interesting nobody. Thai economy will collapse more and more while other countries will welcome tourists, maldives,bali and others

Today announced : Bali closed to foreign tourist untill the end of this year.

13 hours ago, YetAnother said:

great plan ! prepare to welcome Zero tourists

I wonder how much daily allowance the Thai government is prepared to pay me for visiting their country.

13 hours ago, mberbae said:

The Policeman not taking bribes can be 100% true. I have been in cars where

bribes ( or, immediate payments for fines ) were offered. The policeman politely

instructed the driver to go to the police station to pay.

As for the death and injury toll - when the Upper Echelon of Thai Folks start being

brought to Justice, perhaps then things can change and locals may start caring about

rules and laws.

Yes rare but they exist, I had a wheel lock once on the car because of wrong parking. A big paper on the front screen mentioning I had to pay a 500 bht fine. I asked a policeman "hanging" around in the area to settle it for 2 or 300 bht. No way, I had to go to the nearest policestation and pay the fine where the officer in charge gave me a 100 bht discount AND a receipt.

15 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Just make all the road deaths Covid deaths.....Thailand can then claim zero road deaths....

So many Covid deaths is bad for its image, specially for a country that calls it self a "medical hub".

On 8/19/2020 at 7:35 AM, stouricks said:

I agree with you about money not being so important, but a spell-checker could be!    LOL

Money is not important. It's the amount that is important.

8 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

There is so much negativity on TVF that you aren't seeing the big picture. Assuming that this goes ahead, and it likely will, it'll be taken up by thousands and thousands of people. And yes, details will still need to worked out.

 

I can't speak for Phuket, but on Samui there are approximately 10,000 people who spend the winter on the island; they have money and want to come back. On a personal note, I have had approximately 15 friends from the 'Snowbird' group who have already asked me when and how they can return. How many people spend the winter on Phuket in a normal year?

 

if you were in Northern Europe, Russia, Canada, etc, wouldn't you want to spend your winter in Thailand? The land of tropical islands, hot chicks, great food, beaches, etc?

 

Think it through...

 

Barring a massive increase in numbers of virus cases in Thailand, this will go ahead and it is a good thing; thousands and thousands of poor Thai people will get an income, businesses will be saved, and hopefully enough people will be able to generate enough income to see them through until next year when a more proper tourist season can occur.

 

This is a very good thing.

 

 

If you were in Northern Europe, Russia, Canada, etc,  ?wouldn't you want to spend your winter in Thailand?

Ever heard about the Carribbean ?

19 hours ago, Youlike said:

Just let them build something really amazing and huge....there's no landmark building in whole BKK like there is in ANY European citie...build the biggest Wat of Asia in BKK and make it last for thousands of years.

 

Something like the Borubodur or Taj Mahall or that temple in Cambodia....Thailand doesn't have any of that scale.

A statue of prayut.

15 hours ago, Flying Saucage said:

Many have a lot of time for travelling now, as they are jobless ????

 

Money ?

16 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Contact tracing involves ‘everyone being tracked’

 

Thus: IF this suggestion is to work, it only works if ‘everyone' has an App on their phone which traces their movement. 

 

What will happen - everyone deletes the app from their phone !!!

 

 

Ultimately, IF Thailand wants Tourists they have to be treated with far more respect than the current sanctimonious ‘we can’t have them doing that’ suggestions. 

 

The current suggestion imply an upside-down mentality of the decision makers, that tourists are privileged to come to Thailand and not a mentality that Thailand is privilege to receive tourists. 

 

 

A Pre-Flight Covid-19 test (with a negative result) for every visitor to Thailand should be sufficient. 

If Thailand doesn’t trust that, test upon arrival should add an additional level of measure - from there on in the TM6 card and TM30 (reported by the hotels) should be sufficient to track any positive cases if necessary.

 

The objectives ’should’ be to keep the economy moving while maintaining the replication rate of the virus below R1. 

 

Thailands continued attempts at zero domestic cases is killing its own economy. 

 

 

 

 

 

I have started to doubt the zero domestic cases.

Interesting story Theo, I am wondering how you obtained the insurance letter stating covid is covered. From a standard Dutch health insurance ?

It's only a start up and they are German. Sponsored by the Thai government ?

15 hours ago, Bluetongue said:

OPEC urging Thailand to increase food exports. Am I missing something, normally they meet and haggle over each other's oil output. Thailand is not a member. Are OPEC moving into other commodities?

The same question appeared in my mind, is this an other fairy tale from somebody who want to draw attention ?