MarkBR

Chasing small fish also costs a lot of money, more than they money they will get back.

Could have massive effect on Government. Could result in increase in intellect & intelligent decisions & policy.

This is a good question; many slimes are the first protective layer that organisms have against the external world so it would be worth investigating.

If they were clever with this DTV they could get most of the digital nomads in SE Asia. Wonder if anyone has done financial modelling on how much money could be brought into Thailand?

You can have effective monarchies without lese majeste laws.

If Trump gets elected, Putin & Xi will be very happy. USA is dead as a functional democracy.

Hopefully, the final bill that is published in the Royal Gazette will be good (not guaranteed). First thing on the agenda is to get married.

Regarding rice, there is a shortage of risotto rice in Italy due to drought. It retails at over 170baht/kg. Always wonder why Thailand does not grow arborio or carnoroli rice for export to Italy. Thais, after all, are experts at rice growing.

If Trump wins, Putin & Xi will be very very happy at America's political suicide.

Government = Fung Kwai aka Herd of Water Buffalo

Wonder if this Kulaya Tantitemit has shown computer model projections of how much revenue Thailand potentially will lose to her bosses?

Got trapped for 7 months in Vientiane by COVID. Not good. Not the most interesting city on the planet although food was good & very very cheap.

Apologies for confusion.

It might have been one of the volunteers, thinking back. Unfortunately, I cannot remember precisely what it was to do with the Non-O visa, but it was to do with getting it processed in some way. I was told it had to be within 14 days, not before. I am not the most bureaucratically minded of people so have just done my 90 day reporting which is all I have to do at the the moment within 14 day of the stipulated date.

Thank you for the clarification. I must have misunderstood but can only go on what you as an individual get told.. At least this is clarified in my mind

Just done this at Chiang Mai for Non-O visa. They say it can be done 14 days in advance (at least that was what I was told).

I agree with those who think that the thai people who proposed these changes have not thought carefully enough about the consequences. Those who have large amounts of money are very mobile & will just vanish. The key question that the Thai government needs to know to make a good decision is whether the revenue gathered is MORE than currently acquired. Most foreigners who are not tourists in Thailand spend most of their money which is acquired from outside sources inside Thailand. Why would the Thai Government seeks to lose money? The consequences of bad policy, regulatory & legal changes could be really really bad in terms of revenue. Once you have lost these farang, they will not be coming back to Thailand.

This I need to know as well.

Thailand is losing out on a lot of expertise among the farang who have retired.

Thailand has a fundamental problem in growing grapes, grapes are a Mediterranean climate plant. This affects the quality. They need a lot of research in how to breed varieties that will grow well in a subtropical climate., thus hopefully, improving the quality dramatically. This is necessary if they want a profitable wine industry.

Reform of education system is critical. Maybe foreign teachers should be considered experts in subjects necessary to helping Thailand's education system. Just a thought for consideration.

Many Americans are good, decent people. All countries have problematic folk. But most are good.

A lot more clarity is required as to who qualifies as a digital nomad. I would be very interested to know.

If this is true then it would be good. However, the devil is always in the details. We need to see the final changes passed into law to know whether such a potentially good thing will actually happen.

Extreme heat & high levels of pm2.5s seem to be major contributors to mental health problems apart from the increased rate of heart attacks & strokes (plenty in the scientific literature if you use Google to find recent papers on the medical effects). So it might mean that reduction in pm2.5s by using efficient air purifiers could be an effective solution for mental health management. Obviously, the best solution would be tackling the sources of pm2.5s, but there seems to be major political difficulties in effectively tackling this issue.