Maverell

'Foreign investors' - I wish they would give a breakdown of who these investors are and where are they based?

37 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

As for FX Reserves, that is a confusing concept, because it isn't as if those reserves are just sitting in a box somewhere. They're fungible and already placed somewhere at work. Most are funding the federal budget. They are not just available to be tossed at newly arisen problems.

So in other words they are not reserves?

Impressive LOL

9 hours ago, JCP108 said:

And, your report shows how influential news stories are on the general public and thus the amount of control those with control over the media have. 

Too true, and not just in Thailand.  They thrive on putting fear into the public as a means of control.

When I switched on my PC this morning and tried to start an application that I use daily, it failed to connect to the net. Trying to browse to the vendors website the page was not displayed - error message: name not resolved. This indicated a DNS server issue. I looked at the router settings and noticed that the DNS server had been changed to 89.207.131.21  A quick search revealed this was the address of a known DNS Attack server.

I had to change all the DNS settings back to  google dns servers. I also changed the PC network adapter settings to use the same dns servers I set  and not the routers. In addition, I also changed the routers admin password just in case, and also the wan connection user name from a <deleted>**kuf*g (the asterisks replace other letters that you can probably guess). This user name has been reported by many people with hacked routers.

This is for information should anyone else have the same issues.

Annoying is not the word. It is nothing to do with PC specs, it is the amount of adverts, especially the pop up that reloads every few seconds at the bottom right of the screen. I am out of here until the situation is rectified.

19 minutes ago, smedly said:

I would argue that this is a major source of air pollution in Thailand - as usual everything here is done on the cheap

True, but the budget allocated is big! Where does it all go? 55555555555555

5. The inspection of factories and the issuance of maintenance orders or prohibitions at factories emitting excessive pollution

I wonder where they will get dozens of qualified technicians from to do this? Or will it be someone driving by a factory to see if it is emitting black smoke?

2 minutes ago, djayz said:

 

 

Or is it me? Have I spent too much time here and become accustomed to it all? 

 

I do not think so. In the 'old' days most tourists from the West were sex tourists or fun loving party goers so I am led to believe ???? with loads of Baht for the Buck.  Now the Government are reducing the seedy side and trying to shift the incoming 'tourist' to a different type?  It's not going to work short time, oh i mean short term, perhaps never.  

Casinos next. Got to keep the Chinese happy.

2 hours ago, kevin612 said:

The baht is rising again, lower the baht more tourists will show up.

This is correct no matter what some say. Yes, the rich don't need to worry to much about such things but average joe public considers it to be of significance. It is the average joe who comes or stays away because of cost and they do so in high numbers. 

Post office is a good idea - we sent one from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai - just  took it to the office, paid no more than 500 Baht if I remember right, they packed it and 3 days later it was in Chiang Mai. The only thing that might put some off is having to take it to the post office and receiving at the post office the other end.