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Let's hope he will obey the new PM, encourage foreigners with money to come and make visa issues more simple for retirement for quality retirees from Europe and stop all the absurd stuff banks ask to open an account or all the useless immigration forms and red tape.

The bar girls, taxi drivers, Sukhumvit tailors or housing developpers and others who offer services to tourists or retirees definately do not have any ca$h problem, that's for sure.

Good luck to try and apprehend any comments from people living outside Thailand as other laws are more compliant to free speech.

An opposition between the populist/nationalists (who generally dislike falangs-foreigners) against the progressive/liberals (open to world and make things easier for the quality retirees with good pensions).

How can they afford their high end cars, BMW's, Mercs etc on just a govt, salary ? Even in the west a police officer at the same level, earning honestly more, will not be able to such extravagance ? Why not just pull over each police coppers house in Bangkok or in provinces, If the house or his cars go beyond what is expected within the financial meany, tjust ake the chap in the police station and ask him/her to explain and show justification of where the cash comes from. Very obvious. Of course it will never happen after a certain level of top brass. Corruption all over to the highest level.

Did you get refused by a Thai girl who prefered to go with an Indian ? lol. Maybe you are mongering in low class areas. Believe me in top circles of society, hot attractive girls are with many Asians or Indians. All depends in which circles you are peeking. Have seen quite many indians come to Thailand with very attractive indian ladies. Why would they care for the local hookers.? It's only the loosers from anywhere say India, UK, US, Australia, China, Europe, who need to pay for having female company.

Buy the shirts from Giordano or Uniqlo then take the shirt to any reliable Soi tailor shop. They will do a great job in making the cut length up-to-date. The extra cost will always be less then the new scamming prices on some Sukhumvit tailors asking for 1800 THB (and more) just to hand out decent cloth and a good shirt. Yes compared to europe bla bla...but this is Thailand where foreigners come for quality at a propre price and not have to pay such inflated US rates or western nation rates for labour that costs a fraction of the cost here. Believe it, the real talent who cuts and stitches the shirt in Bangkok does not get all the extra money. It's usually the chaps at the store who make the cast. Not to mention the Bangkok Tailor's "European tours" where they come to cities in Europe, rent hotels and start touting customers in seedy hotel rooms to measure and take orders. Wonder if they pay tax on this type of business abroad or back in Thailand on these European Tailor Tours ?

There are many tourists who do not come to buy tailored clothes, obviously. But quite a few end up in getting tempted and purchasing, thinking that they are making a deal. You are not the only client for the overcharging tailors of Sukhumvit. Just look at the signs in these shops written in foreign languages and displaying prices in Euros, Swiss Francs, Indian Rupees or Dollars.

You are not taking into account the fixed costs of production. A tailor who does the actual cut and the job costs 1/3 the price in Bangkok, compared to "home". Not to mention the other variable costs of production (cloth, electricity, rent) that are 10 times less in Thailand. Not to mention that most tailors in Bangkok do not actually stick the orders. The clothes are done in back side sweatshops, charging low production costs,

Currently in Bangkok, many tailors on Sukhumvit are charging absurd rates ranging from 1300 to 2000 THB, some even more, to make a decent bespoke shirt. These prices are close or similar to prices for good quality, italian cut shirts, one can purchase in Milan or elsewhere in Europe for 50 Euros or even less during the sales. So what's the point ? Why spend in Bangkok at prices that are same as in Europe ? Really not worth the trip anymore. Are we westerners so foolish not to compare and realise the overcharged prices all over Bangkok ?

I far prefer a nice thai cuisine restaurant, then to pay overcharged prices in some fancy western cuisine restaurant that is cheating on the prices. Considering the low wages of the staff locally, their prices that are often close to those in abroad, no way I'm going to give these people my money. A bit like those cheating tailors on Sukhumvit who are now charging almost 50 bucks for premium grade cloth, bespoke shirts. Prices that are the same as the fine quality italian cut shirts, one can purchase in Italy or elsewhere in Europe.

What's the point in buying a house in Thailand on leasehold as you never own the land ? If it's to put in the name of a Thai, it's just leaving the door open to potentially get cheated on your savings. A condo can seem attractive but again, with all the real estate crooks in Thailand and mainly the bad worksmanship that does not appear when new, it can end up in a nightmare. Renting can seem attractive, but the prices are soaring, mainly in many beach towns. And if it's to rent in some polluted, noisy area of Bangkok, no thanks.

A good happy ending soapy with a busty hottie is the best chill for me peanut.

Of course construction workers are a joke in Thailand. But the developpers pushing to sell their homes are no better. Sometimes worse in fact when they are farangs. If you get cheated or a not happy with the work delivered, forget any legal outcome. The best thing to do is to report the problems on social media, with an anonymous FB account on any free wifi network, out of Thailand to avoid any retaliation.

They should be asking Apple to develop...not Microsoft that is a open door to cyber crime. Cyber crime destroys economy and prosperity. Not to mention investors who loose confidence in the country.

Lovely. It will make things easier for the criminal Chinese cyber crime gangs and other credit card skinner gangs or human traficking (prostitution) gangs who would love to expand their business ventures from China. As long as the wealthy pensionners from decent european countries are harassed with their long stay visa requirements, no need to change.

Never get involved in any relationship with a local lady that has legal strings. Date, enjoy, have fun, play (and pay of course) all around. But make it so that you can just walk out on the next morning after a wild night of bunga-bunga. Unless of course you wish to pay weekly to maintain either the jobless brother, the parents, the cousin, the farm, the car that suddenly broke down..... Not to forget the risk of contracting some strange STD that elementary protection does not keep you safe...

Be it in a condo developpment or a villa project, the property managers will often look for new ways to screw you out of your cash. Here it is a fine. Other places left unoccupied, they will invent all kinds of maintennce issues say in plumbing or electrical, allegedly needing to be replaced just after 2 or 3 years. Often, just to squeeze out money from the foreign owner who is absent from the premises and has no means to check on their allegations. But as most of the owners just don't care and pay like fools, why stop ?

Wow. The hon. General is always Number 1 under the limelight. He could become the next president of the kingdom, with all the media exposure he gets.

Just look at the Paya Thai airport rail link stop. It's really not obvious to find just an elevator or escalator to go down at street level, loaded with your luggage. So when it comes to disabled, I dare not even dream on their woes in Bangkok or other popular beach areas.

And you are doing the right thing. In Thailand, the real estate fellows will always be sugar and spice and always available and present to sell. Once they have sold,got your life's savings, it's "go to hell". They will take ages to respond to any request you can have, say in a "Snag list" after purchase of property. Not to mention the many technical problems and defects in house projects (plumbing, electricity, voltage problems on power surges that plainly destroy your electronic equipment or can worse, create short circuits and fire). Very often these defective housing developpments are run by farangs, who far to often are no better then the local incompetent thai builders/electricians/plumbers. But in the end of the day why bother ? There will always be naive foreigners who will buy and think their house and developpment is different from the rest.

Get a nice young maid for weekly housekeeping and who is willing to do a "bonus job" on the "extras". 2 birds with one stone...????..far cheaper then having the local girlfriend and her family to support.

And do you have empirical claim to prove the sky is blue ? Usually when people have no idea on what to argue, they pull out the old excuse "bla bla give us figures, claims"....in the Middle ages people like you used to show so-called evidence to back up the fact that the earth was flat and not round.

Sure it was a celebration kiss only, of course ????. Then why did he not kiss all the players when they lined up ? The problem is that the female player caught by the head and kissed did not take it so casually. It's about Spain in a world cup match transmitted all over the planet. Not in a private room of a swinger club in Barcelona.

Very true you are....I think with some, it's a born habbit.