drkenchao

bangkok air pollution
difficult to tackle, one
reason being online
purchase and food order
so popular and motorbikes
inevitably used for the
transport, others push the
blame to cambodia
farmers burning the crops?
and even burning incense
sticks in temples recently

hanoi, vietnam is thinking about
motorbike ban in certain
districts too by 2025,
should thailand follow?
https://e.vnexpress.net
/news/news/hanoi-to
-evaluate-motorbike

it seems bangkok air quality is deteriorating recently, even worse than CM? it needs ufgent attsntion to attract tourist and wealthy retirees

bangkok air pollution
difficult to tackle, one
reason being online
purchase and food order
so popular and motorbikes
inevitably used for the
transport, others push the
blame to cambodia
farmers burning the crops?
and even burning incense
sticks in temples recently

hanoi, vietnam is thinking about
motorbike ban in certain
districts too by 2025,
should thailand follow?
https://e.vnexpress.net
/news/news/hanoi-to
-evaluate-motorbike

perhaps some creative or unconventional thinking is urgently needed to solve this persisting aggravating problem of air quslity and pm2.5?! 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 ?

thai govt should require every
tourists to buy health insurance
or contribute to a broad fund
set up by the govt for this
purpose. There are always
news that Thai public health
system spent too much on
foreigners or default withouT
settling the bill after treatment. which led to
immigration required OA retirees to buy
mandatory health insurance, however, the particular case in nov 2023
of a british man，tourist, suffered from leukemia and unable to settle Thai hospital bill of about 10000 british pound sterling (reported in bangkokpost and thaiger)shows that mandatory
insurance for retirees simplily could not help
govt to reduce public health expense, but the
retirees suffer due to extremely high
insurance fee (comes with old age) and the
exclusion on pre conditions and all illness
that may arise from pre conditions, but are
retirees more susceptible to the latter illness
than other new medical problems, for
example, if common healtH priblems such as
diabetes, high blood pressure, and chlestrol
are all excluded from protection, maybe the
health insurance only useful for some cancers
such as lung cancer or PSA problem?

thai govt should require every
tourists to buy health insurance
or contribute to a broad fund
set up by the govt for this
purpose. There are always
news that Thai public health
system spent too much on
foreigners or default withouT
settling the bill after treatment. which led to
immigration required OA retirees to buy
mandatory health insurance, however, the particular case in nov 2023
of a british man suffered from leukemia and unable to settle Thai hospital bill of about 10000 british pound sterling (reported in bangkokpost and thaiger)shows that mandatory
insurance for retirees simplily could not help
govt to reduce public health expense, but the
retirees suffer due to extremely high
insurance fee (comes with old age) and the
exclusion on pre conditions and all illness
that may arise from pre conditions, but are
retirees more susceptible to the latter illness
than other new medical problems, for
example, if common healtH priblems such as
diabetes, high blood pressure, and chlestrol
are all excluded from protection, maybe the
health insurance only useful for some cancers
such as lung cancer or PSA problem?

i know that first time, hou have to report in person, also once you delayed and get fined, you can't do online anymore, as they don't amend your record

what if not staying at hotel but staying at my own bought condo at renewal time (of retirement O visa)? how to prove residence? appreciate your advice

not sure if correct, i read from other post that entering thailand with visa exempt, can not change to O type retire visa, true or false?

hopefully in order to attract more wealthy people coming to retire or invest, air quality, drinking water quality, and the problem of big flood or public drainage can be further improved

actually there are other air quality apps which canbe download and show real time the current pollution level, so there is no need to argue which city doing better or how inaccurate the index is. Avoiding pollution is something easier said than done as people or country by nature is selfish. We are livjng in an ygly world. It is simply simple and naive to think that if people doing more, be more self restrauned, pollution will go away

if one has spare time and does not mind waiting long, best option is to go to see public hospital doctor as the cost is unbelivably low.  for private hospital, it seems the various tests recommended and medical pills charged by private hospitals will cost and surprise you more  than simply the doctor consultation fee. 

i read sometime ago that mandatory health insurance was introduced suddenly in 2019 as 'many expats defrauded medical bills'. but i doubted the rationale of this strange policy. why not simplily blacklisted them for visa renewal if they are long term retirees/residents or asked for deposit before offering service? if they willing to queue and visited goverent hospitals, the medical cost is too low and govt simplily can not recover the cost with reimbursement from insurance

but why thai immigration use USD to prescribe their requirement in their rules and regulation, and NOT in thai bahts?what if thai baht appreciates against the USD, will they reduced the 3 million baht owing to exchange rate?

know any visa agent who can help converting OA visa to O visa (with or without going out from thailand first),  or help with border run, re-enter and apply ALL THE WAY? what if the required protection and premium for mandatory health insurance go on every two to three years? after all, lots of pre-existing illness are not covered for protection，

don't understand what you mean? isn't it 3 million baht for OA health insurance? 

how about multiple pricing? the wealthier, the higher pricing, that will make them happier！ probably other countries should follow suit with higher prices for foreigners

how about multiple pricing? the wealthier, the higher pricing, that will make them happier！ probably other countries should follow suit with higher prices for foreigners

wonder if there is a way to change OA retire visa to O retire whilst in thailand (ie without exit from thailand and re-enter to apply the O), possibly with help.of an agent

isn't the 10000 USD covid insurance to.be waived?

is a return ticket or onward air ticket absolute necessity for thailand entry? or.boarding the plane to.thailand? assume you use visa exempt or simply an.O visa to enter thailand? 

my info on the 90 day apps never updated!

Seems once you delayed once in reporting and paid the penalty, you won't be able to use it or online system forever, never successful doing online since then, it is too dis heartening

probsbly time to.phase out 90 day reporting? without registered post to mail 90 day application and the often non functioning app and web reporting, the only way is to pay personal visit every 90 days or use an agent. But it seems the recent new policy has exempted the retirees who qualified as wealthy category from 90 day reporting, which help to reduce the congestion and covid infection risk in future visits