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22 hours ago, h90 said:

http://www.itv.co.th/

Than click on the financial highlights....they are active and registered as media company. Someone told they just rent out equipment

Thanks for the link.

Checked the financials, the 2 companies in the group are both inactive.

The revenue line clearly states revenues are from investments and interest. So no operating activities. 

The financials also include a top 10 shareholders list :

Number 10 is Khun Virat K with 5 million shares being 0.41% of shares

Not mentioned is Khun Pita with a whopping 42,000 shares (per OP) being 0.003% of shares.

Clearly a farcical investigation which is a waste of taxpayers time and money.

22 hours ago, webfact said:

is still struggling to recover after the deadly 2004 tsunami and COVID-19 travel bans.

19 years on, are Phuket and surrounding provinces still struggling to recover from the 2004 tsunami or is this hyperbole ?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Move Forward party candidate Rukchanok Srinork, has become a giant-killer in Bangkok’s Bang Bon electoral constituency, a political stronghold of the Yubamrung family, as she was beating Wan Yubamrung by more than 10,000 votes after 52% had been counted late Sunday night.

Cause for celebration indeed !

A particularly odious family, even when sifting through the murky waters of Thai politics.

The sooner this ilk of "politician" are weeded out from all sides of the political divide, the better !

26 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

According to Parit, the blind spot is about 30 metres away from the main road and surrounded by pines. The authorities found trash, used utensils, and some sandals on the spot.

I hope for this despicable offence they will be sending these items for DNA testing.

The Thai public need justice and to be kept safe from such menaces to society.

10 minutes ago, rwill said:

It's just unfortunate they didn't catch her earlier.

 

The murder total could be even higher than this.

It certainly seems to be heading that way.

I wonder if at some point the public will start pointing fingers at medical examiners and the police. It seems we have around a dozen unexpected deaths of hitherto healthy adults over an 18 months period and no-one managed to join the dots. The higher the final number of victims, the more questions are going to be asked as to why nothing was ever identified as suspicious.

6 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

No mention of WHY these new requirements are being implemented from what I could see in the OP and linked article.

 

By doing this, it appears that the Thai authorities are doing their very best to limit the once prized Chinese travellers and their money. By making it more difficult to apply for visa, it will be no surprise if the Chinese choose to go elsewhere where their money is welcome. Couldn't make this up. Feel sorry for those Thai owned attractions, restaurants, shops and hoteliers who might lose out (that is if they are truly Thai operated).

 

Or is this new restriction being imposed by the Chinese overlords to limit a Chinese exodus? Seems very strange at a time when we read that Thais are apparently desperate for Chinese toursism to return.

 

If you’ve seen the multitude of news stories over the last few months on Chinese crime gangs getting their teeth into Thailand, that’s a starting point.

It would seem apparent that a reasonable number of Chinese were not happy with the zero tolerance approach and with the help of persuadable Thai immigration officers they managed to semi-settle here illegally. Just this week, we have seen the specific targeting of Chinese/East Asian clubs in Pattaya. 
 

Anyhow, China has reached its tipping point. Population boom is over and resulting economic growth is on the decline. Their headcount shrunk in 2022 for the first time since Mao launched some of his “special policies”. They are forecast to reduce to 600-700m by 2100 as they have one of the lowest birth rates globally. Whilst just due to sheer size, they will remain a global player, I suspect they will find it hard to get out of the middle income trap, especially post-COVID and Ukraine with many companies re-assessing supply chains and government doing the same with foreign policy.  

Relatedly, and literally as I write, India is going to or just has overtaken China as the most populous nation. That will be the next focus for TAT. Forecast 2100 population for India is 1.5bn. Good news for Thai tourism and also for Asian geo-political stability to have India getting their act together and counter-balancing China. 
 

Indian tourists come with their own baggage but at least it surely leads to more Indian restaurants in Thailand, so I’m all in on that. 

Looks like a plan to me !
 

An indirect admission, if it were needed, that they have been having some ‘issues’ with Chinese visitors.

I have been listening to this blaring on for around 30 minutes now. The classic air raid siren noise.

As this might well be the end, I have taken the liberty of making myself a nice cup of coffee (with sugar and full-fat milk - in the circumstances, why not ?) and enjoying one last cigarette.

I’ve said my emotional goodbyes to my dogs. That was really tough.

The wife is out, that’s a shame but meh, never mind.

Take care and see you on the other side my AseanNow friends…

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

Many moons ago an engineering company decided that they could save on energy by fitting occupancy sensors in the lavatories. These would turn out the lights when nobody was in there.

Unfortunately, the time out in the men's room was just a little too short and sometimes the lights went out when you were in a stall.

The solution was to open the stall door and wave at the sensor.

 

You've jogged my memory there, I can recall sitting on the throne waving my arms around in years gone by. Think many hotels used them for a while ?

These toilet light sensors were a big thing around 15-20 years ago, happily I think it was collectively decided to cease and desist from using them.

Now we just need to unite to get rid of those damn auto-flush sensors. Quite irritating to have the Niagara Falls roaring under your posterior when trying to read the news on your phone. 

Bang Saen was a half-decent and convenient (from Bangkok) one day seaside trip option over a decade ago. Typically, not that busy and it was fairly pleasant to sit at the beach and enjoy some food and drinks. 

Unfortunately, we saw only ever increasing litter and dirtiness in general, and particularly in the water. It was not very enticing to go for a dip with various bits of flotsam and jetsam.

We haven't been back since and this article does not encourage me to visit to check if things have improved for the better.....