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For pre-owned watches (Rolex, Omega, Panerai, etc.) check out Leng Watch Group (LWC). They are one of Bangkok's oldest dealers in used watches

Leng has two outlets: 542/17-19 Petchaburi Rd. (opp. First Hotel) and on 31 Chakkraphong Rd (near Khaosan Rd.)

I hope I am wrong, but this event has written disaster written all over it.

And BTW: who is paying for the extra Navy and Police personnel utilized?

It's groundhog day again. Same, same every year. Sadly nothing changes for the better

Yes and all the other scams as well go there at your own peril

i say, have been there for holidays and will not go back

only the newbies go there till they learn then i doubt most would go back

Not true, I have been doing to Phuket for nearly 20 years and I love it. I always stay far from the action around Soi Nanai, stay at a nice hotel, hire a bike from them and have absolutely no problems. Of course I never rent a Jet Ski or car or even take a taxi as I have my own bike. Keeping the alcohol to moderate levels you need to always be wary but apart from that cant wait to hit the Tiger disco and those lovely kitties in there!

Bad news for you. Tiger burned down last August.

Air Bagan operates 2 Fokker 100 jets.

Fokker 100 – Reg.No. XY-AGF 23.1 years

Fokker 100 – Reg.No. XY-AGC 21.8 years

News with picture: http://www.irrawaddy.../archives/22104

brain drain??

Call them to confirm the opening hours and the docs required

If they request the saving book, make copies of each page and bring the original along as well.

+603-2148-8222 ext 105/106

Oh really? Who woulda thought

China would be much better for the tin box.

If you are from Europe, Turkey would be a very good option.

An indepedant agency? In Thailand?

German experts told them how their country focuses more on its low-performing students

Well, Thailand might need to focus on low-performing teachers

Here we go again trying to run before they can walk!

I really would like to see a good rail system put in place, but first I would like to see the infrastructure built to an acceptable standard, the present rail lines cannot cope with trains traveling at 30 mph let alone a high speed train.

The cost of a first class ticket from Chiangmai to BKK is around 1900 Bt and is taking over 12 hrs (15 last time I used it) you can fly for a few 100 Bt more! I can't see them keeping the price competitive enough to warrant people using it.

It will be handy for fake imports and the like that's about it!

In China prices for high-speed train tickets are about 3 times those for standard trains.

This has already led to high vacancy rates on many high-speed trains lines, leaving slower trains packed with passengers without any seats.

China is more interested in the project than other countries said Damrong Kraikuan, director-general of the Thai Foreign Ministry’s East Asia departmen

I believe Thailand is most interested to deal with China only, as there are no kickbacks avail from the competitors (France, Germany, Japan).

As much as I welcome the idea to improve Thailands rail system, I'm wondering if a high speed train can be a commercial success.

For the vast majority of Thais the tickets will most likely be way to expensive and they will stick to the busses, vans and the walking speed trains.

Why not leave your car at Tesco or some other shopping centre? Parking is free!

Would it really be wise to leave your car at Tesco for say two days? Surely it would be noticed by security. Is the parking free to anyone or just customers? I think the best way would be to drive into a hotel car park, point to your car, and give the security guy a few cans of beer from 7-11.

Where's the Tesco at DM anyway?

I know when the skytrain first opened I drove to Bankok and parked my car at Tesco On Nut and had to pay 50Baht an hour for my 'free' parking.

Also I've seen signs in Carrefour before stating "no overnight parking" and have seen vehicles 'booted', presumably for violating that.

I also don't remember ever having parking problems at the old DM before but never left the car for a couple of weeks there like I do at Swampy.

Lotus Onnut is free parking for the 1st 3 hours. After that 50 Baht /hr

Yingluck keen to boost economic ties: Surapong

Well, wouldn't that be your's or the Commerce Minister's job?

to be completed in 6-7 month??? isn't that a bit optimistic?

ouch !

How many of those meetings we have seen in the past.

What has been done?

Berjaya Air to Start Kuala Lumpur – Hua Hin Service from Nov 2012

Update at 0720GMT 22OCT12

Malaysian regional carrier Berjaya Air from 08NOV12 is launching new service to Thailand, with 3 weekly flights to Hua Hin, on board ATR72 aircraft.

Details:

J8628 SZB1040 – 1220HHQ AT7 247

J8629 HHQ1400 – 1740SZB AT7 247

Source: airlineroute.net

Wow. If the fares are reasonable a good way to get to Malaysia. Any other info?

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Flights from Hua Hin will operate to Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB, formerly Subang International Airport) starting Nov 8 2012.

Location: approx. 28km west of Kuala Lumpur City center.

SZB It is the home of FireFlyz and Berjaya Air, flying mainly domestic Malaysian routes and short routes into Thailand or Indonesia .

Now that it is a regional airport, Subang does not have 24 /7 facilities, so shops, eateries and taxis may be very limited at none peak times.

Airport IATA Code: SZB

Airport ICAO Code: WMSA

Airport Name: Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah

Runway Length: 12402 ft

Runway Elevation: 89 ft

Further info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Abdul_Aziz_Shah_Airport

https://www.berjaya-air.com/

http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php/component/content/article/10.html

http://www.taxiautofare.com/my/taxi-fare/Kuala%20Lumpur-taxi-fare-from-subang-airport-to-city-centre

Berjaya Air to Start Kuala Lumpur – Hua Hin Service from Nov 2012

Update at 0720GMT 22OCT12

Malaysian regional carrier Berjaya Air from 08NOV12 is launching new service to Thailand, with 3 weekly flights to Hua Hin, on board ATR72 aircraft.

Details:

J8628 SZB1040 – 1220HHQ AT7 247

J8629 HHQ1400 – 1740SZB AT7 247

Source: airlineroute.net

Singapore pays a hosting fee 1.2 billion baht ($39.2 million) per year.

They gonna need very deep pockets to pull this off.

But heck, the taxpayer shoulders a largest chunk anyway.

Define fluent speaker

A fluent speaker can participate in extended conversations, understand the language when spoken normally (on TV, radio, film, etc.), figure out meaning of words within context, debate, and use/understand complicated grammatical structures with little or no difficulty. Has good accent and understands dialects with slight-to-moderate difficulty.

How many of these 'tourists' are visa runners? Any statistics about, how much the 15/30 day rule finds it way into this 20 Million number?

And how many day traders? (Malaysians, Cambodians, Laotians, Burmese)