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Educate yourself on the symptoms and if you develop them, seek medical attention. Other than that, follow normal hygiene procedures and avoid being bitten by insects.

“We here in the UK “ Says it all. You’re reliant on a cash strapped antiquated medical system that U.K. people complain about in spades, but also claim it to be the envy of the world. In Thailand there’s no problem actually seeing a doctor. Or dentist for that matter. The standard varies dramatically depending on where you seek treatment. For the record, I don’t envy the U.K. NHS at all. It’s crap.

“However, statistics tell a different story: tourists from India, China, and Malaysia are buoying Pattaya's tourism sector, providing much-needed support. Although their spending habits differ, their sheer numbers are substantial and noteworthy.” What happened to the desire for fewer, higher quality tourists? In this article lower spending, but higher volume tourists is being lauded.

Don’t you mean “girls”? As in ladyboys

“IImpressively, this year’s Songkran festival recorded zero road accidentfatalities, which marks a significant improvement compared to previous years.” Oh oh. They have made a rod for their own back. How are they going to announce an improvement next year?

I guess it’s natural that she would say anything in order to mitigate her sentence. She hasn’t pleaded not guilty to smuggling drugs, she’s just saying everything and anything to try and stay out of jail.

That statement possibly says a lot about you.

I must walk around with my eyes closed. I honestly haven’t noticed any difference between this year and last. As for feeling safer…ya, no change there either.

Well this will encourage others to give it a try.

No way the neighbors didn’t know the kid was in the house and being neglected. Just didn’t give a FF.

“The Thai lottery features multiple prize categories, boasting a hefty total prize pool of 48 million baht across 14,168 winning tickets. Here’s the tantalising breakdown:” Consider me tantalised. But I still ain’t buying a ticket

“Despite 20–30% of Thais over 15 consuming alcohol, the majority of thepopulation abstains.” Dont worry, those 20-30% drink enough to make up for all of the rest abstaining

Wow. Good stuff. But I kind of expected all of that to already be happening as standard practice

Oh they are awake. Didn’t you see the last election results? Its just the constitution allows 250 or so senators to render the vote meaningless

I believe it was one of the 80 people Hun Sen shared the tape with, who leaked parts of it. Then he leaked it in its entirety. i think that’s what I read previously.

Talk about an attention seeker.

Why are there illegal cars in the first place? I’ll tell you why. Because legal taxis are expensive and involve arguments over the use, or not, of meters. Offer a cost effective, efficient, friendly service and you will drive the illegal taxis out of business.

Yep, it’s a temporary patch that does nothing for long term prospects

Sorry, I meant to say what other credible reason could there be.

“attempting to smuggleover three kilograms of heroin” Obviously not.

What other reasons could there be?

“Thai investigators have determined that design and construction flaws led to the collapse of a partially built Bangkok building during the March 28 earthquake, resulting in at least 89 deaths.” “Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced these findings, highlighting that the disaster was not due to material quality” In order to satisfy your anal attention to detail, I should have said that the findings and announcement in the article don’t seem credible to me. Happy now 🙄

It’s possible you are right, as I said, I’m no engineer. But consider this, using your analogy, yes, workers on the roof of your house would be injured and loose roof tiles thrown off and scaffolding may collapse etc. however, the structural elements of the house like foundations and walls, should remain standing. Then, looking at the construction of a multi level sky scraper, intuitively I would have to think that as it rises into the sky, each phase of construction would have its own structural integrity. I mean, I don’t see how you could have, say, a 50 story building and cross your fingers as you reach the last story, because the first 49 stories aren’t structurally sound. So I take your point that the building wasn’t finished and therefore may not be as structurally sound as it would be in its finished state, but I have to think that partially built buildings of this type should be, and in fact usually are, structurally sound as they go up. And then, it’s now said that there were design flaws. So how would it have been structurally sound when finished? The design flaws would still be there. The only plus point to come out of this is that it was the only building to come down.

Why was a building with construction flaws approved for construction? And since the flaws have been so easily identified after the event, why werent they obvious BEFORE the event? I’m no engineer, but the quotes published in the OP don’t seem credible to me.

You can call me defeatist or negative or any other adjective, but having lived here 20 plus years I think this part of your post is 100% accurate. ”the mayhem on the roads will not stop.” There are many many initiatives that could be started in order to improve the road situation. None of them will be implemented for any longer than a week, max a month. Why? Because it’s up to the Thai people in the form of their government to carry them out and live them every day. They don’t and won’t. Which means that the RTP are the body that have to ensure compliance with laws and the judiciary who have to punish non compliance. So, the best you can hope for is that this particular guy gets taken off the road. Everything else is a pipe dream