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He has an interesting definition for the word "maximum".

No he did not.

They can definitely leave Thailand on a foreign passport, you just need to show the Thai birth certificate at Thai immigration. Like I said before, I left with my son in 2019 and he has never even had a Thai passport. All children are exempt from overstay fines. Thai citizens can also not be deported or fined when they reach adulthood as that would be against the constitution.

My son is half Thai (born in Thailand) and I traveled alone with him to the UK a few years ago on his British passport. Immigration pulled me aside when leaving but allowed us to leave after calling his mother to check I had permission...they said I should have got an official document from the district office though. Since then he has always entered Thailand on his British passport so he's treated as a foreigner and no questions asked when leaving.

So would they rather Burmese migrants slaving away for peanuts instead of the poor monkeys?

Well the largest oil refinery in Thailand (Thai Oil) is owned by PTT group (which also happens to be majority owned by the government) so they could always tell them to reduce their profit margins...

No worse than the OPEC+ cartel the whole world is dependent on. But rice spoils so they can't hoard it to increase prices.

Probably...IF the contracts were fair and no corruption was involved. I think you work for the BTS so you couldn't possibly be biased?

So is he in jail now or is he still out on bail pending his chance to appeal the verdict?

Probably the best possible outcome for everyone concerned.

Who didn't see this one coming? The story was full of holes to begin with.

Probably not as they are probably too dumb to realise that it wastes fuel.

Can anyone explain how selling gold jewellery works here? Do you get a better rate if you sell it back to the same company it was bought from? I received a 1 baht gold necklace with the condo I bought a few years ago and haven't got around to selling it yet...it still has the tags on.

Where's that?

Which thread? I'd like to see. I used to rent a condo from this developer and the windows were terrible.

Flying over Iran doesn't sound much safer...hopefully no repeats of this incident: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752

Which SCB account is paying 1%?

And good luck to anyone trying to open a Krunsgri account. I tried 2 different branches with my work permit, passport and Thai driving license but they kept telling me this was not enough due to some crazy new rules and handed me a badly translated list of requirements.

I just checked the website and you are right...when I opened mine about 6 months ago it was up to 2 million though and they haven't notified me of any changes...does anyone know if existing customers are affected?

I have a life insurance policy with a different company (Thai Life) that I have paid a lot of money into for 4 years already...expecting to get the money back with interest after 15 years. Should I be worried? AFAIK they didn't offer covid insurance.

Aren't the extensions operated by the BTS on the BMAs behalf? I'm currently enjoying occasional free rides on the northern extension while they are in dispute. I read before Christmas they were considering new fares but no updates since then...do you have any news? If the maximum fare increases beyond 59 baht then it will definitely be cheaper to drive in most cases.

Because only your primary residence is tax exempt. Thais can only be on the blue book for one residence at a time so this serves as proof of residence.

It's just another foreigner tax. For Thai people it's easy to prove because they can go on the normal house book. Last year it was about 40 baht for my tiny condo after the discount, so I'm expecting a bill of around 400 for normal years. Easier just to pay than attempt to jump through all of the silly hoops for a yellow book which are at the discretion of the local land department.

The defendants were ordered to be fitted with electronic tags while waiting to be taken Thong Pha Phum prison. They were also tested for Covid-19. Why weren't they taken immediately? To give him a chance to flee abroad?

So not only is it more expensive than regular diesel, it's also much worse for the environment. Another government success story! https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/record-levels-palm-oil-diesel-burning-food-fuel-madness-continues/