CRUNCHER

Me zum smell a Troll ?

Think your right Skippy. No one could be such a cretin - could they?

This has gone quiet for a long time. Has the Rayong Court issued it's final verdict yet? If so what was it?

Section 67 of the Condo Act No 2 as amended by Condo Act No4 seems to make it illegal for anyone to have ownership of a condo on behalf of a foreigner. Presumably this would make company ownership of a condo unlawful. Unfortunately translations I have seen are not very clear.

Anyone know the position?

Au contraire.

Apparently they abolished the day counting rule, so from the point of view of people doing visa runs BY AIR for which you get THIRTY DAYS, they have LIBERALIZED their policies on visa runners.

Buy shares in AirAsia; they are going to make a fortune.

Whether she is a fugative or not depends on the conditions of her bail. Anyone know what they are?

I have said it before and I will say it again; this is the result of people abusing the 30 day visa exempt entry to stay in Thailand on a long term basis and thus making life difficult for a lot of inocent people, especially genuine tourists.

The answer is simple. Get a visa appropriate to your stay. This is all the Thai Government has requested and it is not at all unreasonable.

Agreed!

What they have in fact done is created long term damage to Thailand, its reputation and its economy and short term benefit to an overwhelmingly small but loud minority.

I'm very glad that my/my wife's family and friends are the "uneducated masses" in the country. You can take your educated elite and shove them up your departure lounge.

Fully agree with you Lockstock. Apart from that, your last sentence makes this the funniest post I have seen in ages.

Happy Birthday Your Majesty!!! And many more of them!!!!

Work has stopped. Check out this thread; same company same problem.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Park-Trouble-t220028.html

To the OP - CANT YOU READ!!!!!. If you could you would know that most posters do this already.

Whoops! I forgot to copy all the other post on this thread. Sorry.

Why should PM resign and give in to a bunch of thugs? If he does, every time there is a PM that someone doesn't like they will take over the airport until they get what they want. What would have happened by now if the PAD or whoever took over the airport in Singapore. Or JFK or Heathrow or anywhere but here? The PAD has practically destroyed this country and even some of them are starting to realize it. There is only one way to deal with this situation and people will probably get hurt. But it won't be the PAD leaders, only the poor ignorant half-wits they got to do their dirty work.

Exactly!

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Yes people keep saying this however I doubt this kind of stuff puts people off coming to Thailand. It's stuff like sleeping tourists on a bus getting all their stuff stolen which stops tourism.

Edit: Anyway I don't think you'd have to worry about the "main tourists" avoiding Thailand, I.E. Dirty old men looking for a piece of ass.

Haven't seen that one on BBC, CNN or Bloomberg, but PAD are all over the international channels.

As if the Thai economy isn’t suffering enough from the world recession, the PAD morons are trying to destroy it completely. Just look at CNN, BBC Bloomberg etc for all the pad press. No wonder tourists are staying away in huge numbers. Who would invest in Thailand with all this going on?

Soon people will start wondering if it wouldn’t be better to have Thaksin back, corrupt criminal though he is. For whatever reason Thailand was booming when he was in power and that fact will not be lost on many. They are playing into his hands.

Thaksin back – no way!! Err let me think about that!!!

I thought he had quit. Check out this thread:-

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thai-PM-Thak...ui-t104517.html

In the quoted article in that thread, when asked if he would return to politics, he said,

”Right after I was ousted by the coup, I had mixed feelings. The negative feeling was that this was unfortunate for Thailand and its democracy, that the confidence I tried very hard to restore after the 1997 financial crisis would be lost. The positive part was, oh, I can retire now, I can have time for myself, for my family, I can meet friends and relax. Life is not that long, so if you can bring some happiness to yourself and your family, that's good ... I'm quite confident that if I ran [for election] today, I would win, [but] I have no political ambitions. I am calling it quits.”

I must confess that when Thaksin came to power I thought that he would be good for Thailand. I expect that some of the posters on this thread, who currently want him garroted, disemboweled and castrated, felt, to some degree at least, the same.

Indeed at first he did quite a bit of good. He did a lot for the rural poor and for Thailand’s economy in general. That is why he remains hugely popular with a lot of people, especially that large number of poor people (who collectively have a lot of votes).

But, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. He decided to fill his boots and those of his family and cronies by illegal means. This is in no way justified by the good he did and he should suffer the appropriate punishment under the law. This process is under way. Where it will end who knows. (I say this on the basis that the evidence substantiates the charges and with limited knowledge of Thai law. I have not seen the evidence and nor, I suspect, have any of the posters in this thread.) There should be no more place in Thai politics for Thaksin. Unless he comes back to do his time he should stay away.

Having said that is he any worse than many of the other politicians, from whatever party, who have run this country? Not that that is an excuse either.

As has been pointed out elsewhere this does not imply support for PAD. They are in no way democratic. They are just a bunch of hooligans who want power for themselves not democracy. They are as bad, if not worse, than Thaksin.

Over a year ago when I started this thread I expressed surprise that they were stll marketing this project. That they continue to do so leave me speachless. There should be a police investigation into what they are up to. Then perhaps the truth will out.

Several posts have referred to the failure of consulate staff to arrest Thaksin.

Firstly, consulates have no legal authority or independence. By diplomatic protocols thay are given a high degree of practical freedom, but this is not the same as legal freedom. This is an over simplification, but it will do here.

But, secondly, even if they did detain him, how would they get him onto a plane back to Thailand? Outside the consulate they would be governed by the laws of the country they are in; in this case China (Hong Kong). The staff would themselves be guilty of unlawful detention if they tried.

Hong Kong authorities would have no power of arrest unless there was an international arrest warrant in force. I might be wrong, but as far as I am aware there is not.

It might be more appropriate to ask why they afforded him consular services. I must confess I do not know the legal position in this respect, but there may be some legal issues here.

I just mention this to point out that passion is getting in the way of practical and legal realities. Thaksin deserves to go to jail, but we need to keep emotions on the planet.

I agree. Birmingham is always great.

Check out this thread

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/British-Emba...ta-t189296.html

It was supposed to open in July. Renovation was being done by Siam Best Enterprises, the same firm that could not build Ocean 1.

Wonder why the delay.

I am a buyer at Grand Peaks Sri Racha. Today I received an invitation (by email) to a meeting at Twin Peaks Residence in Bangkok on November 8. It was sent by Siam Zokei and it sounds like it is to present information on the Grand Peaks project. I will not be attending because I am in the U.S. right now.

There appears to be some conflicts going on as I also received (same day) an email from Twin Peaks Residence sayng that they did not get any request to have a meeting there and that they have no facilities for a meeting. They say the meeting is not happening there.

I was trying to obtain more information about the problems with the project. Evidently others are asking questions too which resulted in the scheduled meeting.

Right now I have no further information. Hopefully, others will see this discussion and provide details. Cruncher, are you in Bangkok? Do you know if your friend got these same emails? Thanks for starting this discussion.

Sorry Sailfish. I am not in Bangkok. My friend is a casual aquaintance who called me because he thought, wrongly, that I knew Sri Racha. After I got what information I could, by luck and the internet, I could not get hold of him again. I know he is not in Thailand at the moment. Sorry I can't help.

I usually pay 10 baht (same as Thais) as far as South Road and 20 baht beyond. Never had a problem. Lets face it, it is not a huge sum for a journey like that.

Nowhere in Pattaya shold be more than 10 baht,but sometimes willingly paying a little (repeat little) over the odds removes the chance of confontation and actually puts you in control.

Depends where you drink, but what is 10 extra baht as a percentage of a Chang or a Singha?

To the OP, 20 baht is a fair price to both parties.

Does anyone know of any Wi-Fi hotspots along Jomtien beach road that could be accessed from the beach? I don't mind taking the kids to the beach, but I can only take so much of it myself; I would like to be able to do some browsing while putting down a few brews.

Ron's Internet Cafe has a number of hotspots in the area, you will have to check with your own computer what reception is like at any particular place. You can get cards from Ron's, about half way up Soi 5 and also the internet cafe just inside Soi 5 from Beach Road. Have not used them for a couple of years so I do not know what the cost is now. Used to reasonable though. Main problem I found was that sometimes speeds were a bit slow. Might be worth it to keep your sanity while the kids are swimming.

Thanks Jingjingna. Anything you can fid out without going to too much trouble would be appreciated. I can't contact my friend at the moment, but fortunately I don’t think he is into them for too much.

I can say what I have found out so far because there may be others who are interested. Siam-Zokei has several developments in Thailand.

Siam-Zokei was founded several years ago and was 49% owned by a Japanese and his wife and 51% by Thais.. About 3 years ago the Saha Group, one of Thailand’s biggest companies, took over all the 51% Thai. There was some fanfare over this.

There has apparently been a dispute between the Japanese and Saha and the Japanese have basically been kicked out. Not sure what the dispute was about.

Saha, who are not much into property development, intend to find another partner and finish the development. It appears the development will be redesigned and those who have bought will be given a choice of taking a new condo or a refund.

Saying is one thing; doing is another. Saha are reported to be concerned about their reputation as there has already been some bad press in Bangkok newspapers. Quite a lot of the buyers are Thai. Perhaps there is some hope for investors

A friend of mine, not in Thaialnd at the moment, is buying in Grand Peaks. He has heard that construction has stopped and has asked me to see what I can find out.

Anyone know what is happening?

Of course OP might well be breaking the laws of the country he goes to. If this becomes a common practice (going to a third country and breaking their laws to get a Thailand visa) then the Thai Government will come under pressure to act. This could well result intightening of procedure at consulates such as Hull, Birmingham etc.

Of lesser concern to me is that OP might end up in the slammer in that thirs country. Serve him right.

Any good and cheap hostels near by Hong Kong consulate? Im going Macau to gamble but need to get new visa (one entry turist) too. I need to show my passport when I go to Hong Kong from Macau, right? I want to spend only one day and night in HK and go right back to Macau when I get my visa to Thailand. So it takes only one day to get visa, right?

I don't know if you will get any quick replies to your question about hostels/hotels. A lot of hotel/travel reservation websites offer the option to search near an address. Might try that using address for consulate that has been posted.

Next day is what info from website says.

Can't answer your other question about entry to HongKong. Might try an internet search for that one.

If you do not have Hong Kong or Macau ID card you will need your passport.

There are no good and cheap hotels in Hong Kong; it is an expensive place. If you are coming from Macau try the travel agents at the at the ferry terminal; they sometimes have good deals - but still not cheap. If not it the internet for you.