jonclark

Just now, jonclark said:

 

Double post

Note to all taxi drivers. If your consumers find grab better and Grabs market share increasing indicates they do. Maybe become grab drivers. Fares are pretty decent, no daily taxi rental (anywhere between 300 - 500 baht a day in Bangkok I think), and you get to be in charge of your own hours. Safer than picking up flag down fares as well at 3am 

The market has not changed, just consumer habits. Adapt or die out, that's the choice. You are not owed a living Mr. Taxi driver. 

49 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

another nonsense survey - like:

"Thais have sex less because all the soapy's are shut"  - OBVIOUSLY!

Or students learn less...as the schools are closed.

China is now a lower middle income country according to the World Bank. For Middle income countries $4.50 per day is considered the poverty line. Currently around 400 million Chinese live below that threshold.

$1.90 is the threshold for extreme poverty. Less that 10 million Chinese live on less than that per day. Which is impressive. 

But the 2 dollar gap between poverty and extreme poverty contains slot of Chinese still.

And the minimum daily wage is 300 baby a day or $10 dollars a day in Thailand. Maybe China should be looking to Thailand. 

On 5/15/2021 at 12:52 PM, The Cipher said:

 

Do you by any chance have a source for poverty reduction in China being driven specifically by sex selective abortion rather than, I don't know, export-oriented industrialization?

 I think he was trying to make a linear correlation between population reduction and poverty reduction. 

To add into the export orientated industrialization, we must add the caveat ' under pinned by currency manipulation '

Can't the same thing be said if the internet / mobile phones / social media in general. 

All provide opportunities for criminals to prey on the vulnerable. 

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Did she ask to go to the UK with you?

Maybe she just wants rid!

Man I hadn't thought of that!! Lol 

48 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Most of the Thai I know prefer life here and understand they have a better, easier life here than they would working 15 hrs a day to make ends meet in the west.. my wife included... 

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/media/lets-move-abroad-thai-facebook-group-exploding-with-potential-defectors

I never worked 15 hours a day in the West - although my nephew in Thailand does as he needs to do overtime in a factory, just to make ends meet and he regularly works 72 hour weeks - As do many of his work colleague, so he tells me (but i appreciate this is third hand and anecdotal). 

The point I was making thought is that use expats are very lucky to have the option to move to another land - so when someone pulls out that old "If you don't like it here leave!"  chestnut, just smile and nod safe in the knowledge that you have an option many of the local do not. 

My wife by contrast is always nagging me to move out of Thailand and go to the UK, so whose wife is right...lol. 

No matter how  bad or good we perceive Thailand to be just remember this,. We have another 'home / land' to return to. A large section of the population here are stuck with Thailand and have nowhere else to go, but would happily trade in Thailand for a better life abroad. So when some dimwit mutters, "well if you don't like it leave' . Smile and nod, because we are so lucky to have that option. Wear that comment like medal. that sets your life and apart from most Thai people.

Have a fine day everyone. 

"to avoid misunderstandings the vaccines can be delivered on the same day".

Sorry I do not understand.  When are they delivered six weeks later. 

Don't you need to show your marriage cert when applying for an extension of stay based on marriage? If so, they were not pretending to be married but were legally married, or was the marriage cert a forgery?  

I have never had to apply for an extension based on marriage so if someone can clarify please? 

Whilst I agree that those at the top of the AOT concession pyramid deserve scant sympathy. It is important to remember that the bulk of the employees (and those employed in the support service roles) are regular Joes, like you, I and the rest of the population. And it those people that bear the brunt of the economic fallout of this pandemic. Not the execs and shareholders in their ivory towers. 

This obviously is great news. Does anyone have any update in the number of serious cases / ventilators - These two data sets have not followed the flat lining pattern seen recently and have steadily increased. 

Without being cynical does is it possible that the number of tests is also flat lining as well? 

22 hours ago, jackdd said:

I doubt that they really thought that.

I would imagine the first task would be to see if the can do Thai Massage - Where did they train, What qualification they hold etc. It is after all a UNESCO cultural heritage type thing. If they are trying to massage without proper training they are disrespecting their own culture. Lol 

58 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Let gthe Embassies in Thailand vaccinate the people of    their country.. how difficult can that be?

Actually very easy. But it's not an embassies job to provide medical care to its citizens in a foreign country. That is the job of the health system to provide medical care. 

7 minutes ago, edwardandtubs said:

You seem to know more about it than the ministry of public health. Where's your evidence?

Here. 

17 March 2021 Thailand Department of Disease Control (DDC) and AstraZeneca Thailand released a joint statement regarding AstraZeneca vaccine, as follow

2. To make COVID-19 vaccines available for people residing in Thailand on a foundation of ethics, equality, academic-based evidences, accessible supply, and management capability in national context, Thailand has been working under the Communicable Disease Act B.E. 2558 (A.D. 2015). On January 14, 2021, the National Communicable Diseases Committee (NCDC) has formed a sub-committee and tasked it with overseeing the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations. Chaired by Public Health Vice Minister Dr. Sophon Mekthon, the sub-committee comprises all Thailand’s vaccine frontliners and aims at mitigating severe illness and death, stabilizing healthcare system, reducing virus transmission risk, and sustaining economic and social stability. All operations are under the consideration of Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) and with the cabinet’s approval of budget for vaccines to be available for the people across Thailand. The nation-wide vaccination program is scheduled to be completed in 2021

5 minutes ago, edwardandtubs said:

I think you've misunderstood. No matter what your age, occupation or underlying condition you're not getting a jab if you're a foreigner.

Sorry mate but this is just incorrect. 

This is a national vaccination program for all residents of Thailand. It has just been very clumsily explained by the Ministry of Health. 

Ask youself this questions. Do Thai politicians have an awareness and understanding of their own governments policy's and directives? Or do they say things without thinking things through? 

Now revisit the topic armed with your answers to the above question

29 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:

Im sorry but exclusion , on the grounds of race alone , does not constitute an ' on need ' basis.

Agreed, which is why race is not being used to define " need'  Supplies and stocks of the vaccine are limited so only those at risk (age,  occupation, underlying conditions,) are getting the vaccine. As vaccine stocks rise the 'at need criteria' will become broader and more people can access it. 

Pretty simple really.