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Celebrity son of Thailand’s ‘Mr Clean’ engulfed in crypto scandal
Sydebolle replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
What has this to do with Chuan Leepai, except that he happens to be the father of the fellow. Too many fathers are regretfully aware of the misbehaving of their offsprings; how many "clean" kids had less than clean parents? The link to the father is politically motivated - nothing else! -
Phuket struggles to attract tourists in 2023 low season
Sydebolle replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Look at the pricing and all questions are answered. For a hop from one to the next beach you pay anything between 600 - 1'000 Baht to the cabbie. 400 Baht take you from downtown Bangkok to the airport and there are taxi operators getting you from Bangkok to Pattaya (130kms) for 1'200 Baht. And that is only taxi, the same applies to many restaurant, bars and some hotels. Your call ???? -
Well, in a land which has been milking zillions off tourism it is scary to see, that the local mafia is still full steam at work. If you cannot get the taxi service sorted to be a "service" rather than a rip-off then something went wrong. Since 1987 (Amazing Thailand - remember) it is the next generation of crooks, thieves and gangsters at work; previously more in Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya but now apparently spreading their wings into the sticks of the hinterland of Isan. Keep up the good work and, yes, withhold names as it would result in a possible loss of the ever-so-important-face or getting thrown into the slammer for "defamation"!
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Gone unnoticed for years ...... really? There is a reason, why I personally still advocate for the death penalty for all those paedophiles, rapists and drug dealers. It will not make unhappen all those damages which they created but you protect the society from future "incidents" by the culprit and save the taxpayer a fortune. A X years stay in a penitentiary very, very rarely corrects a culprit and certainly does not undo the damages to the victims - me thinks! In this case, rid planet Earth from the culprit - unsure though what to do with the parents of the 8-years old but, for good measure, it is simply not possible that such issues go "unnoticed"!
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While the BIB (the immigration is a sub-division) were, are and most likely stay unable to get the Red Bull sweetheart on the run for meanwhile 10+ years, despite TV crews could find him without a problem ........ they hunt all over Thailand to look after those dirty farang and alien. Look into your computers, EVERYthing is recorded there and just run a list of overstayers. You know where those culprits are (unlike a substantial number of semi-divine Thais who do NOT live at their registered address) and go after them without all this rannygazoo of "hunting", "coming out in force" etc. As the police is, like all other government agencies, completely overstaffed, it would be an easy task to just include this duty in their regular day-to-day scores.
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Maybe the Thais need to be told, that no foreigner so far could roll up his property, pack it into a suitcase and take it along back to his homeland. Look at all the property and assets owned by the oligarch elite overseas, accounting for billions of dollars, and not one of them arrived at Bangkok airport with a plot of land in their luggage. Maybe time to throw out this medieval paragraph and let inferior dirty farang and alien own some land for own private use? The Thai law stipulates, that everybody is equal. Well, explain that to the non-Thai husband, when his Thai wife makes a runner with Somchai and takes land title deeds, usually paid in full and exclusively by the non-Thai husband, along. I was told, that non-Thai spouses have to legally sign a document at the land office to forfeit their right in a land, where everybody is equal. Go figure ........ pathetic farçe!
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Thailand tourism thrives with 1,200% surge in Klook bookings
Sydebolle replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Ah, the North Korean version of percentage expression - the country which achieves 118% of all voters voting for ........... you know the script ???? -
Water levels in Thailand’s major reservoirs are critically low
Sydebolle replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Thank Chavalit Yongchaiyuth and his cronies; he was the one running around proclaiming "Green Isan" or "อีสานเขียว" some 35 years ago - the result of his endeavours of irrigation management are finally evident. -
Pressure mounts on EC to announce May 14th election results
Sydebolle replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
They will know for sure on 13 July latest. It might be later though as you could also see the inability to figure out eight years of sitting on the prime ministers sedan chair which got slightly extended to 9+. Lets wait and see, an interesting summer ahead ???? -
Pictures of school lunches spark social media outrage
Sydebolle replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
3,000 baht for the school lunch per semester? Given the Thai love for public, religious and royal holidays you can assume, that a semester 90 school days, i.e. 3'000 for 90 meals or 34 Baht/meal. As it is most likely outsourced servicing the operator wants to make some money. Go figure! You get what you pay for and in this case the kiddos are the definite losers and explains the present state of affairs as far as health in children in Thailand (as well as most other countries) is concerned. Apart from missing basic needs of minerals, vitamins and salts the nutritional values of the pictured kitchen disaster is self-explanatory. -
Well, I call it neo-slavery. Most Cambodians (like Burmese and Laotians) work here illegally, some of the Burmese even paperless as they fled from the genocide across the border. Too many Thai businesses benefit of the status-quo by running their businesses with neo-slaves, latter without legal protection, insurance or minimum salaries - exploitable to the very end. The reference to MFP would have to verified by MFP directly; what the media carried/carries at the moment is a subjective wrong position and does not reflect MFP's views on the subject. Is it dinosaur Hun Sen doing his brethren in the West a verbal favour?
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Given the fact, that eggs are a local product by local chicken fed with locally milled feed mill food ...... but maybe the chicken kings of CP-group can answer that. Egg prices are like the stock exchange, they can change daily - to the benefit of the chicken? Another interesting discovery is, that eggs sold in wholesale markets are usually cheaper than the mom and pop shop around the corner selling eggs laid by their own "in-house" hen ...... your call!
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Thai economy set for boost as tourism and domestic consumption surge
Sydebolle replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
So it is either excellent weed smoked by the goons or just the regular recurrence of day dreaming. Does anyone in his/her right mind think, that the present political Hickhack would help in any way to boost confidence of buyers or investors? Where does the Thai Baht stand in 2024 and later? Some 10+ years ago the red and yellow shirts celebrated their multi week stand-off with warlike cordons in downtown Bangkok and closed airports - during in peace time. Is Thailand the right destination for their next holidays which they start planning now for winter 23/24? Hundred thousands of tourists got stucked at Swampi, Don Meauioing and U-tapao; some lot their jobs because they were 2 weeks late back to work, others had financial impacts of "extra unpaid leave" as Western companies certainly would not cover "late return to work due to political unrest in Thailand" ..... International news services (BBC, CNN, DW, TV5 and France24, just to name a few) ensured proper coverage of the "fight of the Titans" in Thailand back then. The fight of the dinosaurs against elected MFP will affect foreign exchange rates for sure so, whatever those governmental agencies of DBD, TAT and other official fan clubs come up with - take it with the possible bigger-than-usual grain of salt! -
To all landlords, put it in writing. I saw contracts clearly stipulating, that a delay of more than 30 calendar (note, not week- but calendar) days in rent payment would allow the landlord to extradite the tenant. The property would be emptied, the belongings kept for another 30 days after which the left behinds would be considered forfeited. The legal reason behind this is that the security deposit alone is not sufficient to cover eventual costs left behind by a tenant being in arrear.
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Nobody might buy these books. I had a big collection of English, French and German books and gave them away free of charge to a second-hand book store in the end!
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Ubon Ratchathani Immigration Launches Crackdown on Overstaying Foreigners
Sydebolle replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
I just hope that this terrible immigration office in Phibul Mangsahan is no longer the only place in Ubol. Years ago I needed a re-entry permit and was sent back to Bangkok to get it. In Bangkok they laughed and said, that a re-entry permit can be obtained everywhere. Driving all the way back I passed the Phibul Mangsahan office again and told the lady in no uncertain terms, how much fun it was to waste two days for something she was supposed to do within her line of duty. Answer was, that Bangkok can say, what they want and that they knew what their duties are and what not. If the same people would be in charge of checking vehicles on paid road tax or valid driving licenses ........ but let's not go there - me thinks! -
Bangkok finishes election vote recount – no change to results
Sydebolle replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Counting is one thing, accepting individuals in a party another ....... let's wait and see, if the counting and re-counting was worth the endeavour ???? -
Thailand boosts tourism budget to 5bn baht, targets off-peak travellers
Sydebolle replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Now that's a LOT of cash for all those promising statistics, forecasts and their daydreaming of zillions of tourists spending 10, 20, 30 or 40 thousand Baht a day ......... Keep up the good work - entertaining all the while ????