drkenchso

glad that smog problem eg pm2.50 in bangkok also received due attention. perhaps some creative or unconventional thinking is urgently needed to solve this persisting aggravating problem?! assuming that the culprit is external, for example, from cambodia, it is right step for thailand to liaise with cambodia govt to jointly solve the problem but also good to request thai friendly china govt to help, exerting some pressure on cambodia to do better? secondly,assume we can't do much to reduce external pollution source, couldn't we do more INSIDE thailand to push for more EV to replace gasoline vehicles by subsidy or increase import tax for the traditional vehicles, or bring forward European new standard sooner, or use multipronged approach? improved air quality could attract more wealthy guys and elderly retirees ?

there is rumour or news that immigration is going to tighten up and monitor many kinds of visas application and requirement ed visa included. search for more info from stickmanbangkok.com or integrity legal youtuber

an agent ask for full commission even if the seller found the buyer. is it exploitation?

i only know about this recently: foreigners can not work as property agent not too sure if also apply to other area like insurance or car etc

actually simple way is to have condos reduced lighting in the corridors. Now all condo corindors l are brightly light up 24 hours a day all long

Meanwhile big joe probably think of retirement visa overhaul in the context of driving away foreign criminals. Linking only financial requirement with quality of retirees maybe one way to screen out criminals however it discriminate the less wealthy and screen out most non innocent retirees who have no interest at all to commit any offence whatsoever. Perhaps a multipronged approach can be adopted such as looking at the past job experience or skills and academic level of retiree applicants, in addition to financial criteria or bank deposit.

i guess expat retiree here better prepared for the increase in every aspects than hiding the heads in the sand or plead that it won't happan. The drastic increase in elite visa seem to point in the inflation direction. As to whether expats will leave in batches because of increased requirement, it is a calculated risk for the authority. The mandatory health insurance is a peculiar issue, strictly speaking, it is implemented allegedly due to request from the health department to immigration to solve the expat incurring/ defaulting hospital large bills (i don't know how possible)

the root of the problem is mandatory medical insurance most likely could not solve the big medical fee default incurred by foreigners as orginally planned. It is because pre existing health problems or medical conditions arising there of are completely excluded from protection by insurers, but it is most likely these conditions aggravated into big problems and incur large hospital bills. Perhaps the effective solution for the government is to exclude foreigners from seeking treatment from public hospitals or public hospitals to raise medical fees to be on par with private hospitals so that no more implicit indirect subsidy to foreigners or foreign retirees is possible. And why not suspend visas to those actually default medical bills?

perhaps the hope of grandfathering is too optimistic, we don't see it in the sudden requirement of mandatory health insurance enacted and imposed on retirees in 2019, and the seven fold increase from 400000 to three million baht as required coverage. Meanwhile big joe probably think of retirement visa overhaul in the context of driving away foreign criminals. Linking only financial requirement with quality of retirees maybe one way to screen out criminals however it discriminate the less wealthy and screen out most non innocent retirees who have no interest at all to commit any offence whatsoever. Perhaps a multipronged approach can be adopted such as looking at the past job experience or skills and academic level of retiree applicants, in addition to financial criteria or bank deposit.

oh yes, most local people do.not drink tap water, for some unknown reason, probably need improvement too?

the new scheme in the pipeline does not require the wealthy to do 90 day reporting, so the most wealthy has some priviledges than most other ordinary guys, hopefully in order to attract wealthy people, more can.be improved such as air pollution, drainage system (serious flood in 2011 in many regions, as reported in news on bangkok flood map regions) and more friendly visa policies and reporting requirements?

hopefully the following can.be improved to attract wealthy people: air pollution, tap water (most local people in bangkok do not drink tap water), environment, flooding (year 2011 serious flooding, check bangkok flood map regions and news) and more friendly visa or reporting procedures (it seems the wealthy will be exempted from 90 day reporting)

hopefully thai banks will not follow suit?! not too sure how to get a Thai ID card if passport not accepted and banks require same set of documents to continue using bank service, i do not see how one can use an apps to launder money