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I spent 5 years in HK, I know chapter and verse about candle making. All I can say about this is, what goes on tour, stays on tour.

Bangkok and Samut Prakan VTBS BKK AOT Don Mueang International Airport [4][5] Bangkok, Nonthaburi, and Pathum Thani VTBD DMK AOT Betong Airport Betong, Yala VTSY BTZ Department of Airports Chiang Mai International Airport [6][7] Chiang Mai and Lamphun VTCC CNX AOT Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport[8][9] Chiang Rai VTCT CEI AOT Hat Yai International Airport [10][11] Hat Yai, Songkhla VTSS HDY AOT Khon Kaen International Airport[12] Khon Kaen VTUK KKC Department of Airports Samui International Airport[13][14] Ko Samui VTSM USM Bangkok Airways Krabi International Airport[15] Krabi VTSG KBV AOT Nakhon Si Thammarat International Airport[16] Nakhon Si Thammarat VTSF NST Department of Airports Phang Nga–Andaman International Airport (under construction) Phang Nga AOT Phuket International Airport[17] Phuket VTSP HKT AOT U-Tapao International Airport[18][19] Rayong / Pattaya VTBU UTP Royal Thai Navy Surat Thani International Airport Surat Thani VTSB URT Department of Airports Udon Thani International Airport Udon Thani VTUD UTH AOT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_International airports_in_Thailand

If you ask for aspirin you may well be refused. But if you ask for Aspent, which is 81 mg enteric coated aspirin, there is usually no problem.

Number 3 wont be a problem, approximate dates may help though.

Which may help some understand why the Thai military's is always looking for new weapons' of war such as subs and aircraft carriers.

Flight requests can be inbound or outbound, the article doesn't differentiate but I suspect instead gives the totals. Arriving flights are therefore likely to be half that number.

Those are only airports operated by AOT, there are at least nine more than accept international flights that are not owned by AOT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Thailand

How wrong you are, read it and weep: https://power.lowyinstitute.org/countries/thailand/

If you wish to receive the special expedited service, you are required to pay an inducement fee, because they are not obliged to offer such a service. If you are in such a hurry that you cannot wait 14 days for the free service then you must pay. Surely you don't expect Immi to drop everything, just because you want it now and if they do, get it without paying an inducement fee, tsk tsk. ???? (Tongue in cheek, for the avoidance of doubt).

As said earlier, many Bangkok Bank customers had some difficulties yesterday, even those not awaiting transfers. I was unable to get a correct balance for almost ha;f a day and other aspects of domestic banking were delayed.

We recently looked into Goods Export, we also said that Services Export includes International Tourism. Services Imports includes the money spent in Thailand on money spent overseas, things such as international travel and tourism, overseas school fees and family support and on consultancy in Thailand by overseas companies. I’ll try and search out some data on this. That leaves Good Import that we haven’t mentioned in any detail. “Among Thailand’s biggest imported products by dollar value are crude oil, integrated circuits and micro-assemblies, flat-rolled iron or steel products, and computers. From a continental perspective, 75.4% of Thailand’s total imports by value in 2021 were purchased from fellow Asian countries. European trade partners supplied 10.6% of imports into Thailand while (only) 8% worth originated from North America (it’s worth remembering this in the context of currency manipulation). Oceania (mainly Australia and New Zealand) accounted for 2.2% of the total. Smaller percentages came from Africa (2%) and Latin America (1.8%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean”. https://www.worldstopexports.com/thailands-top-10-imports/ - Electrical machinery, equipment: US$52.9 billion (19.7% of total imports) - Mineral fuels including oil: $41 billion (15.3%) - Machinery including computers: $30 billion (11.2%) - Iron, steel: $15.2 billion (5.7%) - Gems, precious metals: $12.6 billion (4.7%) - Plastics, plastic articles: $10.8 billion (4%) - Vehicles: $10.2 billion (3.8%) - Articles of iron or steel: $7.3 billion (2.7%) - Copper: $6.3 billion (2.4%) - Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $6.3 billion (2.4%) Thailand’s top 10 imports represent 71.9% of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries. Among these top categories, the fastest growth products in terms of Thai imports were iron and steel (up 63.1%), copper (up 62.9%), gems and precious metals (up 55.4%), mineral fuels including oil (42.5%) then imported plastics both as materials plus items made from plastic”. It’s worth looking closer at the second one on the list that includes oil. “In 2021, Thai importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related items”. - Crude oil: US$25.3 billion (up 43.7% from 2020) - Petroleum gases: $5.9 billion (up 42.6%) The rest of this list includes things like coal, lignite and other processed fuels and chemicals. The numbers are distorted from the norm because of covid related economic factors but oil imports always were a major component of Thai imports. A separate report puts 2020 oil imports value at USD 15 bill. (which confirms the numbers above) and that Russia and Vietnam were the fastest source of supply! It seems that Thailand is ranked globally as the 11th largest importer of oil, anywhere. https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/crude-petroleum/reporter/tha From a THB perspective, the increased cost of oil is a significant factor. It effects Baht value because oil is priced and sold in USD, as indeed most imported products are (although Russian oil may not have been). This means that the country must sell Baht and buy USD to pay for its energy consumption, this in turn causes the Baht to weaken, unless it is offset by corresponding exports. Whether or not Thailand continues to import oil from Russia is not known. It’s also worth remembering that Thai Oil Co is one of Thailand's largest exporters because it imports oil, refines and processes it and exports it to other Asean countries such as Singapore.

I could almost agree with what you wrote except the entire country is at the same low level of development that the education system is. I therefore tend to believe that the education system is not purposely held back by mysterious forces, instead it develops more slowly, just as almost every facet of Thailand does. The problem has been seen in other countries in the past, without the right leader, the country will not move forward. This is not a bash against the military leadership etc. Countries only seem to get really good leaders infrequently, even developed ones.

The Bank experienced some sort of systems or technical issues yesterday, even regular accounts were impacted, I didn't receive accurate account balance information for almost half a day. These things happen, everything seems fine now.

A survey might be in order to prove this point?

Many thanks for posting that, I never knew that and have learned something. The second graph down is striking, it makes the effects crystal clear..

Not in the North, only the buyer.

An agent can get you one for e a fee, if you are desperate. And if you mean you want to sell your motorbike and change the name, the buyer can do that, you don't need to be involved in the process other than to sign the form.

Not really, they both have much in common. You do understand the difference between cause and effect, don't you!

Using the same logic, the 80 million people killed in WWII were not Germany's fault but the fault of the allies? Really?

Thanks for posting this. I read it twice and have to agree with one person in the comments section, "it reads like a puff piece". I was busy reading the praise and overlooking the authors exuberance because I was waiting for an all mighty "but" that never came, it's good to see positive articles, especially in the FT but this one seems very one sided, dare I say it needs some negative factors to achieve balance. Oh, and since he talked extensively about Baht strength and was going to be read by the worlds financial community, did you notice how many times he talked about currency manipulation? Not once!

I would never wear my Rolex during a 2 am walk on Beach Road, nor my diamond encrusted tiara!

Er, no, not really, and I can't even begin to guess, sorry. But on other fronts, I thought the finding that Imported Services offset exported Services was a result worth knowing. Whilst if doesn't fully answer the international settlement issue it does answer the foreign currency issue....I think.

I'm sorry that you only see the small picture and not the big one, the thread is after all about everyone's THB, not just yours.

Yes, horrible indeed. It was at the end of her night shift so presumably 8 am ish, the driver was presumably late for work and had his foot down, presumably. Anyone who has driven first thing in the morning understands this as later risers rush to get into work on time, it's a very dangerous time of day.

Why the need to be so critical of the English language usage, this is a Thai publication in a country that does not use English language as its native language. Hot spot means something in NASA terminology, it also means something similar but different in Western terminology, it should come as no surprise that a foreign country has it's own definition.