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The usa is not participating in the CRS. US citizens may not technically be a part of CRS, but because they must report all of their foreign assets to the IRS, they cannot technically avoid it. However, if there is no exchange of data to thailand under the CRS, then thailand will not know the other income outside. Surely Only the IRS will know.

So sure eh? Thats not what i see on the first HSR project. So my first hand experience has no relevance. Its just your opinion.

Not much logic in the comment. What marching orders from Beijing? and FYI the new dates for completion of the first high speed line are now more realistic than most people think. It was not long ago that SRT were saying publicly that it would open in 2026, which was not possible. The Thais are progressing it despite the problems caused by the Chinese lockdown that delayed design of the Rail system. The Chinese could not progress much for nearly two years because of their strict covid lockdown and travel rules. That is something nobody could have planned for. There are delays on the Thai side as well, so its not justified to blame any one party. Most of the reasons for delay after the MOU for about 4 years, were that the Chinese wanted to finance the Project and to build it all themselves. And the Thais could not accept that. It took a long time to get the agreement that the Project is Thai funded ( no potential debt trap), and that Thailand would build the infrastructure themselves without having to give thousands of jobs in Thailand to Chinese or subordinates.

Not in the near future. The first line will have taken nearly 10 years. Give it 20 to 30 years perhaps?

The MOU was ten years ago. After the many studies before that. Things do take an eternity, TIT.

As far as I am aware Thailand would not agree to loan terms from China and the potential debt trap, and it is Thai financing. Well done Thailand.

You seem to know a bit more than the writers of the article. I do not know what section of HSR they are referring to. There was adjustment of a 7.9 km section in Nakhon Ratchasima. Maybe they are confused. The bridge is not expected to be complete until 2029. If allowed on the forum, Refer to https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2699271/agency-predicts-completion-of-railway-bridge-by-2029 The 250 km section from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima is well under construction and with the many delays is now expected to be complete in 2028. IMHO that is not unrealistic now, after so much delay. The section from Nakhon Ratchasima to Nong Khai is being designed and likely to be a few years later. Hua Hin? Supposed to be another few years. Just a guessing game.

I agree that many good comments warn you off joining. Yes, if it is just a passing idea with no real reason or commitment. Otherwise, perhaps consider two factors as follows: 1. Is the condo being run reasonably well, and being maintained. What kind of complaints do they get and are they being addressed. If you go to the meetings and see participation from attendees , and action being done. Then why get involved? On the other hand if nothing is happening about problems, then consider if you can make any difference. Its no good if you see the committee doing nothing and you would be a lone voice. if you know committee members and understand that they want improvement, then they may need another voice. But also see the next point that i make. 2. Can you make any difference? How many people do you know in the condo? Can you generate support needed at AGMs? Are you familiar with some of the problems raised and can contribute to solutions? I have owned five condos and seen many different situations. So let me give some info that may help you or others thinks about this. I had two condo well maintained in Bangkok what i saw and went to AGMs looked ok. No reasons to get involved. i had two condos in a very badly maintained condo in Jomtien, where the thai developer was creaming off whatever money he could. He controlled the committee and votes. No maintenance and the condo was badly rated and cheap. I got to know many people in the condo. Not intentional, but it Included some with big votes. I took over a satellite tv box system for over 40 people (took over from the guy who set it up, Unfortunately he had to leave). So I had a lot of people telling me the problems and could generate a large vote in AGMs. I joined the committee in agreement with some of the other members so that we eventually controlled the vote and ousted the developer. Then it took us a few years to eventually get owners to agree to extra maintenance payments to get many issues fixed. Needed external repair and painting. Transformer problems. Lifts not serviced. Old water piping. no proper security, etc .... I left the committee when i had to work overseas again and it appeared that things were under control. Then fyi, after several years of dragging on court cases the condo won their battle against the original developer for compensation. i have a condo in Bangkok that was old and needed renovation and improvements. I still have it. I could not commit to joining the committee, Then i had overseas jobs a lot of the time. However at the AGMs i got to know some of the committee members who were trying to get improvements done. I used to talk to them and advise comments and suggestions for some of the improvements. I am an experienced Civil / Buildiing engineer. Some other co-owners contributed comments when they had joined in discussing problems and assisted in some more detail where they had expertise. e.g. one guy knew how to get the water piping checked properly for corrosion and got a cheap survey done. All common piping then got replaced. Renewing the three lifts was discussed many times over several years and it took a couple of AGMs before co-owners agreed to pay the cost. The work was an important safety issue and has just been completed. On both the last two condo comments above, the condo committee formed some groups of co-owners to assist in looking at proposals to solve issues and get proposals developed for the committee. So, You do not have to be on the committee to contribute. Lessons. Don't get involved unless you think there are problems that need fixing, or / and you can contribute. Be aware that for improvements it can take a long time, and you have to persevere. You can contribute even if you are not on the committee. And from knowledge of may other condo problems, i agree with the posters who point out that committees can be a waste of time if there are Thai controlling votes from people who don't care and just want to collect the rent.

Hi Tom Just so that you can be sure that I am not talking BS about potential liver problems and tests. I was busy earlier, but got back to look at this for your advice, and just did a quick check online for " when taking statins what tests are needed". took a few minutes. Do you know the NHS in UK? I think they are experts on health issues are they not? See https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/statins/considerations/#:~:text=Before starting to take statins,and again after 12 months.

Thanks for saying this. Before you posted that insurance was off topic, but if you were to claim on insurance it is very relevant. I have international insurance from UK and they challenged me for an overnight hospital stay when i had shoulder surgery, the doctor confirmed that it was the correct hospital policy because i had to pumped with antibiotics overnight for any potential infection. Insurance accepted. I had cataracts in both eyes and another eye retina problem done at Rutnin. Its expensive but then its one of the best eye clinics and my uk insurance accepted it straight away, They did not require overnight but did require an hour or two (I cannot remember exactly how long) in a daycare bed. For information of others reading the post. I was claiming on insurance. The hospital initially put "outpatient charge" for the bed charge and I got them to change it to state "day care" which the insurance accepted. My insurance covers day care but not OP. Rutnin also wanted me to confirm that if i went home there is somebody staying with me should there be any problem. i had no problem overnight, but needed to go back the next day to remove the eye bandaging and check all was ok. Going home, it was mid afternoon in bangkok and I remember it was very bright and difficult for the eyes because of the brightness. Suggest you have a pair of dark glasses. Another thing to note is that you will need two sets of eyedrops for a few weeks (or combined in one drop according to a person posting). The hospital charge for the drops was outrageous, i did not know until after that it was double compared to cost outside.

What's wrong with you? If you want to be a troll then pick on something you know. Please confirm that you are a qualified medical professional or not, so that people can decide whether to take any notice. When I said god help us. I should have said God help us when people know not what they do.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3070374/#:~:text=Atorvastatin has been associated with,after discontinuation of atorvastatin treatment.

So you say my blood tests and the professional doctor medical advice were wrong? God help us.

😉 The OP needs to also know that it is the land office that charged the extra and not the chanote holder.

The OP needs to ignore my warning then on these other reports, even though it is true .