oustaristocrats

Better: not any incoming flights with these idiots in.

Every day such incidents, look beyond these single cases, the root cause is the opening of flood gates at the very beginning, the airports at the countries where they people leave their country. No free entry, simple e-visa application, done in 10 minutes, but 100% proof of a significant income or bank statement, e.g. let's say $40.000. Guess what ? Gone is flood of trouble seekers, walking tattoo panels, non-valeurs, alcoholist, jobless, schizophrenia, intoxicated boxing fanats, fake good sellers, cyber crime amateurs. Yes, I know some champagne in the pool Russians will still come, but they stick together in places I won't go. TAT wants Pattaya to become the Saint Tropez of SE Asia. However, now comes the problem ... the hosts are not in style to become a Saint Tropez either. ST does not have a Walking Street, bars and bargirls. I learned Pattaya is as it is because the people who come to work there have the same life style in their home villages, it is not the innocent girl of Isaan comes to Pattaya and changed over there. She was always like that. Just visit the festivals in East Thai villages, it is Pattaya in mini format. I therefore think the Thai officials believe of making Pattaya a luxury, mondaine seaside resort, getting rid of the thugs, is a very difficult mission.

Hopeless fight against nature

Yes, a funnel into the silence. They first have to find all stakeholders with controversial material, documents and nformation. Then these stakeholders need to be approached, offering them loads of money and other benefits to keep their mouth shut or tell a different story. As soon as done, they follow the manuscript for public and anti-corruption committee communication, with the aim to prove that nothing was exceptional, it was just a low frequency earth quake wave, putting the structure in a natural swing mode, and since it was under construction, reinforcements were still missing, so the construction collapsed. Job done. Gone will be the stories of low steel quality, violation against safety guidelines, dubious Chinese subcontractors, etc. What almost surprises me most is the total lack of these discussions in Thai opinion, or even a revolt against politicians. It feels like Thai always believe these twisting stories of higher officials.

and less Chinese penetration in society and politics in those days as well.

Yes and the biggest crooked Thai official is in power now, so what can we expect ?

No it was a top - down brown envelope card game from ministry to builders, to turn a blind eye on safety standards, like it always the same in THL, if you give me this, you will get that, i will tell them this, but we all know the truth is that. The source is the top of the piramide, they benefit most, but are exposed least. Important technical structural reports have already 'vanished', unfindable.

Yes, but in the case everything goes wrong Trump already atranged his backup plan, he, his family and his 7 tech friends already pre-booked a ticket on one of the Space-X missions of his right-hand Musk, they will be heading to Mars.

Yes, you are absolutely right. And the wheels keep going because nobody is doing anything against it, the party who was closest was bypassed the last election, and all descendants of these elites can keep filling their pockets for years to come. There is only one way out: Power by the masses, but unfortunately that's not Thai culture, doing it the soft way may need decades to bring a change, if ever.

Yes, Mr C. is probably walking in every shop with a crying face, of how poor these people are to make a living, some of them are indeed, but some of them have no scrupules to sell anything, they are like criminals you read every day in the news

Well, I am sorry, but countries are obliged to enforce ICCPR (Article 20(2)) and CERD (Article 4), Thailand alsi signed that treaty. This does not (yet) apply to Putin by the way. In other words, the lady can be lucky she is still in a position to open her shop doors every morning. On the other hand, I am convinced the lady has zero education to know about all these things. Maybe Thai officials should teach her a lesson in history and ethical standards.

Finally a good measure by the government. Although they deny, it is of course linked to the fraudulent business initiatives from Chinese who enter the country without any touristic plans. Let first see how the sino-thai elite and governement will react to this plan, they will probably claim it is unfriendly will provoke China.

Yes, and even without these offers you can't decide to just send people back into hell. Did you know Mr TS that China is a bit different than UAE ?

I don't see a lot of benefit from this turning back the clock measure. Long free visa will indeed not helping to fight illegal work and businesses, but the problem is that the good ones have to suffer the new rules caused by the bad ones. I come here to stay in my house for 5 weeks, now i have to start that hussle with a visa application again. Why not looking at the root cause of trouble makers ? Which countries do they come from ? How did some manage to set up illegal businesses ? By whom the illegal workers got employed ? Deepdiving and solving these root causes is much more effective than punishing the entire travel population.

What is the "FRESH APPROACH" ? What is her approach and progress on the PM2.5 crises for instance ? And on the safety certificate system of busses (and their drivers) ? The fresh approach is maybe her performance like a well-trained and decent influencer, she does well as speaker at large crowds, she does well at pleasing Chinese officials, she does well at making promises. All the things Thai people are desperately waiting for.