jonclark

Driver yelling brakes don't work, then immediately drives into back of a 18wheeler? Brakes completely failed at that exact moment. Don't buy it.

With you on that one.

Most drivers leg it as they are under the influence of something to help them stay awake on those long night journeys and need to get it out of their system before handing themselves in.

Who owns the water in the Mekong?

Without wishing to be cynical, this government seems to be utterly desperate for any form of direct foreign investment and looks like it is scrabbling for any crumbs it can pick up.

Thailand is slowly becoming North Korea

you really have no idea do you, just because they grab people that they claim are causing dissent and "chat with them" doesnt mean we are anything like north korea. Here you still have all your freedoms to do pretty much what you please, doesnt matter if you disagree with what they are doing we are a long way from anything like nk, the only people that are upset are the ones that cant handle their team not running the show. Maybe when you cant buy food, watch tv, listen to the radio, get put into concentration camps, are executed for not saying/doing the wrong thing etc you can have a go at them, pretty pathetic on your part but then what more can we expect.

Quite right seajae. We still have all our freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to choose our leaders, the rights and freedoms to be judged by our peers in a court of law.

Pathetic all these people complaining about other people being whisked off for a quick chat. I'm sure the chat is very amicable and jovial, a couple of cups of coffee, a few biscuits, ( for all 30 soldiers obviously). Nothing to be worried about.

Spot on Seajae.

The only problem is.. how far along this path are we required to go until we all agree our freedoms have been seriously curtailed... by which time, its too late to do anything about it.

"..forwarding and sharing of false information..."

Well that's TVF knackered then.

So Chinese who don't have a driving license in their home country are driving their cars into Thailand, via Laos to get a Thai driving licence which circumvents the rules for doing the Chinese driving test.

Thailand the Hub of Chinese Driving Licenses !

"He explained that it was fine for anyone who disagrees with the charter draft to express his/her comments against the draft. But people who want to voice opinions on political issues must exercise caution, he said."

So one can only assume then that the draft Charter is not a political issue then?

As an aside this government is facing huge problems, declining exports, drought, agricultural problems (rice, rubber. fishing) and increasing political resistance, increasing rates of household debt, and an economy in decline. Once the charter is shot down in flames, expect to see the government go into total panic mode.

Wonder if the film was deleted....or shared with the rest of the station?

".....such as tapioca, rice, wood and products that require World Trade Organization treaties to transport such as palm oil, animal feed corn, onions, garlic and milk have yet to be authorized for transfer from Thailand. Those who wish to travel with such products must receive the proper documentation, which include verification of the goods' origins and their hygiene."

So you must have a shower first before travelling with an onion?

It's really hard to give advice on this without knowing how much if anything has been paid on the car or what the type of car it is etc. But assuming some of the money has been paid back and the car is reasonably new and in good condition and you friend has access to it.

As the guarantor, your friend could try the following route, contact the finance company and arrange to purchase the car out right if your friend is unable to pay, providing ownership changes, once your friend has the car in his/her name and paid for, quickly sell it cheaply.

A loss will be incurred, but the matter is settled and your friend could chase the person for the outstanding amount.

However whether this is possible based on the limited information given is hard to work out.

"He pointed out that several quizzes were unclear or ambiguous ...."

What does he expect - yesterdays students are today's teachers.

If the teachers employed have the same spelling as the bright spark who thought up the company name "Make a Wit" (Wish?). I assume its the level of pronunciation they expect from their students. Well good luck to them. I pity the students.

I just wonder if the teachers from this company are being used by the school in MEP / EP programs under the apparently false pretense to parents that their sons / daughters are being taught by NES and being charged accordingly. If so this is pure deception albeit unwittingly so by the school one assumes. Make a wit (sic) is clearly at fault....unless the schools are in on the act?

But the bigger question that needs to be asked and seem to have been completely overlooked in the article is. Are these people qualified teachers, irrespective of their language ability? Or can any Thai person just rock up and become a teacher? If not then what they are doing is illegal ...[lets not go there about the qualifications of NES in Thailand and save that for a different thread].

#JAG. I suggest you re read my post. You clearly got the wrong end of the stick.

I have no problem about using RorDor students to spread the word.

But the big reservation I have is that in order to spread the word and encourage people to vote for it they, the people encouraging people to vote, need to have at least have an idea of what is in the charter; there needs to be some belief on the students part in the strength of the Charter.

Now most RorDor students are around the 16-17 year old mark, they would struggle to read and understand the complexities of a 50 page novel, let alone a draft constitution. [i'll ignore the fact they they are also too young to vote]

So in essence the army are giving the students the mantra (vote for the charter, vote for the charter, it is good, it is good) but their little soldiers have sod all idea nor interest in what they are encouraging people to vote for or why its good?

Doesn't sound very open or transparent method. In fact is sounds like a decidedly 'red shirted type tactic'. Fighting fire, with fire perhaps, but that type of logic usually results in a single bloody huge bonfire.

from what i read, individuals cannot declare bankruptcy if debts total less than

one million baht. ...... maybe i should get her to charge more stuff?

she is NOT asking me for money. i kept tripping over the piles of monthly

credit card statements.

i don't see her as a scammer. just someone from a culture with no education

provided in personal finance, and a live-for-today attitude. or am i missing

something? are thais famous for their intricate planning and attention to detail?

not the same mistake six or ten or whatever times.....a continuous attempt to

juggle multiple cards, moving cash back and forth to try to meet the deadlines.

same thing happens to many folks in the west as well.

i'm not going to pay off her loans. her responsibility....if she defaults, she has

to live with the consequences. for her that would be a bad credit rating and no

credit cards. but the banks will also have to live with their irresponsible lending.

did convince her to call the legal office number on the collection letter i tripped

over. they've agreed to a 50% settlement to close the account.

one down.

i might could offer to lend her the money to pay one-time settlements for her

delinquent accounts. in the meantime, i have taken away her credit cards....

The easiest in terms of least financially taxing, way to clear the debt is for her to default and get taken to court. In court she will pledge an amount 100 baht a month per card, for the next 20 years. Obviously having 6 cards this will involve 6 court appearances, but without either you or the family paying the debt in full or part, or her winning the lottery she will be lumbered with the debt.

Obviously she will lose face and be blacklisted.

And what exactly will happen if she doesn't?

Wow.. just look how much those rice farmers take compared to people 100.000 cubic meter.. 100.000 for industry.. 200.000 for drought resistant crop and 3.100.000 for rice. Nice numbers..

So if there is a shortage of water for consumption we know who is the cause of it

Globally agriculture accounts for 70% of all water use, So these figures shouldn't surprise, especially for water dependent crops like rice.

Most Thais would ignore an appeal for help from anyone who is not Thai.

Nonsense. Some people (irrespective of race, colour or creed) might ignore appeals for help from other people, because they're dicks. But to make a sweeping, ignorant statement such as yours is just utterly wrong. Most people here would be more likely to help a person, than ignore them. Just like most other people the world over.

You really are a glass half empty person aren't you?

I look forward to seeing how much Prayut and the rest of the military / political elites salary are!

Should make it easier to work out if they are able to afford their mortgage repayments on their 30+ million baht properties on their current salaries.

I know in western countries that lack of proper diet is clearly linked to poverty levels as most of the cheaper foods being cheap are made from junk and made to taste good with numerous additives (salt and sugar being high on that list).

It could well be that as the equity gaps increases, and the cost of living rises, increased household debt etc, more and more people are turning to cheaper food sources as a means to make their incomes go farther.

Earlier yesterday government spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd also said visit by these student activists to the park to probe irregularities was irrational as there was nothing to be found except statues, hill and trees.

So how come it cost 1 Billion Baht?

Hills are expensive?

Despite all the foreigners spitting blood at the unfairness of the Thai banking system. Back in Thailand the majority of the banks customers - the Thai people may benefit from these changes, which is who these changes are aimed at!

" The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in June this year has already red flagged Thailand for its failure to meet its standard particularly a shortage of aviation personnel."

​I seem to remember a few months ago a number of Thai pilots complaining that foreigners were coming in and stealing jobs reserved for Thais. One can only conclude that Thailand clearly has great need of skilled foreign workers in the aviation industry and that the ring-fencing of skilled jobs for Thais only is detrimental to the transfer of skills and knowledge within industries and also the wider economy.

Given that protectionism, whilst domestically popular, might be to in part to blame for this crisis perhaps a review of their employment regs is required to be more flexible with the dynamics of the 21st Century

Well certainly not the French pilot of the downed in Indonesia AirAsia 'plane .. Perhaps the salary was too low to attract 'skilled' foreign pilots?

Indonesian born captain and French born 1st officer. Who was in charge? Not that it makes a blind bit of difference to the 162 people who died. And the official report state mechanical failure which should have been fixed by ground staff triggered actions which led to the crash

" The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in June this year has already red flagged Thailand for its failure to meet its standard particularly a shortage of aviation personnel."

​I seem to remember a few months ago a number of Thai pilots complaining that foreigners were coming in and stealing jobs reserved for Thais. One can only conclude that Thailand clearly has great need of skilled foreign workers in the aviation industry and that the ring-fencing of skilled jobs for Thais only is detrimental to the transfer of skills and knowledge within industries and also the wider economy.

Given that protectionism, whilst domestically popular, might be to in part to blame for this crisis perhaps a review of their employment regs is required to be more flexible with the dynamics of the 21st Century

Sweet god - Things must be bad if Bangkok is promoting its air quality as a tourist draw!

On your average day sukhumvits smells of a odd mixture of exhaust fumes, vomit, feces, used cooking oil and urine which seems to combine in a rather sweet, by nauseating odour.