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For a country of approx 70 million to come 5th globally in terms of amount of plastic rubbish produced is really quite an achievement; but not an achievement to be proud of.
The only way that this is going to change is by changing public behavior and that means taxing the manufactures of plastic bags and also charging for the plastic bags at the point of sale. In addition there needs to be a much more joined up waste disposal service across the entire country. Most trash is fly tipped as small towns, villages have no waste services at all. This needs addressing at its simplest this would be a village collection point for villagers to take rubbish for sorting and collection - something the village fund should be used for and supported by governments at a local and national level.
And of all else fails - just remove the plastic packaging at BIG C etc before you leave the store as these good folks did!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWz_p445Oh0
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It is a complete farce: Until all parties are able to compete on a level playing field and present their policies and plans to the public for them to decide. This is just another fool getting his 5 minutes in the political spotlight spouting the juntas party line with even more vim than the fool that had his 5 minutes yesterday.
The public are going to be the ones who choose the PM not these life long beuraucats that think they know best.
I think it would be darkly funny if Prayut became PM when he actually has an opposition attacking him in parliment. A very different monster than the nodding dogs he has now.
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For my 2 cents worth.
If money is the primary concern then the GPS tracker is dead in the water. 30 million plus brackets and the hardware and software required to put individual basic data on plus running costs takes this way over the 64 million. Unless they budget this as 2 baht per bracelet per year.
All tourists should have insurance for personal injury. But if a third party is to blame like the Pheonix tradgey then its up to the state or operator to cough up.
As 20 % of the GDP comes fro tourism this 64 million is a drop on the ocean. I bet todays arriving tourists spent more than 64 million bath by lunchtime today.
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"Police identified the three men only as Ae, 25, Noi, 26 and Yai, 27."
Just goes to show the police do have a sense of humour!!!
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1 hour ago, DavidJow said:
I can have problem if the mother is going to make a case for kidnapping agains't me.
But she will don't do that.
But how a thai IO will make problem for a kid using a foreign passport and leaving Thailand ? They never asked if the kid is dual citizen..
Hi if the child is traveling on a foreign passport and has a valid entry stamp in that passport which will then be given the corresponding exit stamp when they leave - no problem. But the immigration office need to see evidence of entry before they allow exit.
If the child entered on their Thai passport no problem. But then presents a foreign passport at the airport immigration line with the intention leaving on a foreign passport with no entry stamp, that would make immigration curious - put simply they would be interested to know how this child presenting a foreign passport got into Thailand without an entry stamp in their passport. That curiosity would no doubt lead to you as the adult as I am guessing you would be the party responsible for answering those questions on the child's behalf. So they would need to see the Thai passport to verify legal entry.
Immigration Officers, like all personal related in security services are trained to be nosey and investigative.
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8 minutes ago, bluesofa said:Often finding the passwords isn't that difficult, even with a limited number of tries. I know someone locally used 1111 as the password. 1234 is another popular choice with people who have no understanding of security.
My wife left her card in an ATM once (after a transaction), went back fifteen minutes later and it was gone. She phoned the bank immediately who cancelled the card, They told her it had just been used in Big C (the ATM was directly outside).
She went into Big C and spoke to the manager who was helpful, showed her the till receipt for 3,000 baht-odd that was spent. As no one here ever checks the signature, it's not a deterrent.
However, the manager noticed the buyer had used a Big C loyalty card at the same time. The culprit was caught through that, but only by my wife's persistence. She had her money refunded by the thief who also went to prison for theft.
Shows the stupidity of this particular thief, using her own loyalty card.
I know the event wasn't funny - But thank you for the giggle - A thief that uses a loyalty card when making a purchase with a stolen card is brilliant.
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10 minutes ago, johng said:
Why should only foreign workers from those 3 countries be allowed to work legally in the 39 occupations forbidden to foreigners. ?
surely if they allow non Thai then all non Thai from any country should be allowed...anyway I don't see them relaxing the 39 occupations restrictions...look what happened recently with the
"hair dresser revolt" ?
Seems odd that if they are needing workers, why not open this up to all ASEAN countries
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4 minutes ago, rkidlad said:The UK doesn't follow Thai laws. Please learn how to respect other peoples' laws and cultures. If you don't like things put up on Facebook, ask the user to remove it. If they don't want to, ask Facebook. If Facebook say no, then block Facebook in Thailand. See how Thais like that. Otherwise, shut up and stop wasting tax payer's money.
I've heard that Big Joke will be asking the UK police to arrest any Thais in the UK who use electronic cigarettes to deport and send back to Thailand as vaping is illegal in Thailand.
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Before people start offering advice I think the legal relationship between the child and adult needs establishing. Put simply are you by law allowed to take the child out of the country and can you prove your relationship. That is the bottom line that immigration will look at.
So in all likelihood immigration will stop you and want to see supporting documentation for this - birth certificate to prove parentage, and some evidence that you are allowed to take the child and the mother is aware of this / evidence of custody or guardianship. Immigration are pretty tight on this as foreign fathers in a divorce / custody battle do frequently try to take the child from the country.
A minor, who in this case will be travelling on a Thai passport with a foreigner, will be flagged for further investigation as you go through immigration.
And to be very blunt - Your opinion that the mother doesn't care about the kid will carry zero weight with immigration. Because being very honest they have heard all the stories, excuses and reasons a thousand times before, Their concern is the welfare of the minor / Thai citizen.
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Suthep must be fuming as he has only just come out of retirement after a career spanning 3 decades in Thai politics to support Prayut - and here is Prayut telling people not to support the same old faces.
Back to the monkhood Suthep.
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2 hours ago, robblok said:Why is the media under fire they are doing their job it should be the people sleeping in the picture that are under fire.
Exactly right. It is 100% within the realms of 'public interest' to know if the NLA members are doing their jobs properly and scrutinizing the contents of the debate. After all this is the public's money they are spending.
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On one hand 93 billion baht is made available for satellites and on the other school children are being fed kanom jin and fish sauce for lunch as the schools budget is not sufficient.
Bringing happiness to the people Junat style.
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This was on the morning news on tv and suffice to say the drunk driver was very inebriated. And judging by the state of both cars was travelling pretty quick when he hit.
Such a tragic waste of life.
Although the news item after of the school van/lorry full of students which sped through a red light at a cross roads in Prachin and narrowly missed a lorry, could well have been an even bigger tragedy.
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53 minutes ago, 1337markus said:
I wonder if we will be told the outcomes? Bee a small fine and Kumar cooling off in jail?
Yes would be the answer to the latter half.
The onus of responsibility falls on the adult. A person under the age of consent, even if they verbally agree to sex, cannot legally do so, because they are too young to be able to - It's know as statutory rape.
So intentionally or not Kumar is the guilty party. That maybe unfair, but the big picture is the legal protection of minors. In Thailand the age of consent is 18 years old.
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Oh dear oh dear....what makes Thailand so unique?
I hope TAT do not use the suggestions that theTVF posters are about to present...although they probably will make interesting subject matter for future documentaries.
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What!...no moral outrage and cultural indignation - If this were female waitresses in sexy outfits dancing and serving food the netizens would be pounding away......(on their keyboards!) with palpable fury and scorn. Yet that seems to be missing here?
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30337926
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23 minutes ago, mok199 said:next headline...''200mill medical marijuana budget missing''...
probably went up in smoke??
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47 minutes ago, Chris Lawrence said:This is party time central? Why wouldn't you wait till say 9.00am. What was the 2 am attraction?
I want to know what schools were open at that time of night??...And judging by the clothes the suspects are wearing they do not look to be dressed as one would expect person in schools to be dressed...Perhaps these are the janitors?
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"but court officials maintain they need the villas, which perch on the picturesque Doi Suthep, as their homes"
What too poor to buy your own?? Jog on mate.
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7 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:
Dangerous? Aye! But calling them "girders" is a bit much methinks.
Aye and they are steel not iron too
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So the police are not even going to attempt to find the person who made the threats.
This attitude simply feeds the spiral into lawlessness and impunity increasingly evident in all parts of society. And the police are so oblivious to this consequence that they make their (in)actions public thinking they are doing the right thing.
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The Junta isn't poaching politicians, Premchai isn't poaching Black Leopard and Prawit isn't wearing expensive watches ....
Good glad that is all cleared up. Now sod off back to work you plebs.
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I thought it was the police's job to deal with protests??
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35 minutes ago, tracker1 said:it is a part and parcel of Thai democracy. So is a Democraticaly Elected Government just in case he doesn't understand
But coups are part and parcel of Thai democracy as well. I mean there have been more coups than elections.
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Britain to legalize medicinal use of cannabis
in World News
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Makes perfect sense given the fact that a huge range of chemical compounds used in modern medicines are plant based or derivatives of plant compounds.
I would also go one step further and say that all drugs - hard and soft should be legalized and produced / regulated by governments. I would rather those who choose to take drugs can be assured of the quality and also that the money that users pay for their drugs goes into the government coffers (via taxation) rather than into the hands of criminal organisations which reap vast profits and leave society to clean up the mess or funnel it into other criminal activities.
Drug use (and abuse) is a social issue not a criminal one as such, it needs to be wrested from the clutches of criminals and controlled by society.