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1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

One has to question how the wealth was accumulated, or did he marry UP

Wirachai Songmetta's wealth ( = $940m according to Forbes) comes from Absolute Clean Energy, a renewable energy producer: Absolute Clean Energy operates 19 biomass power projects with a combined capacity of 246 megawatts. 

Wirachai had interests in distributing hardboard and wood chips before he set up ACE in 2008.

On 2/28/2022 at 7:40 AM, Caldera said:

Any conclusive study that proves the efficacy of Favipiravir? I've seen nothing, they just keep using it for some reason. 

https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06164-x

This is somewhat informative (but I admit to only spending 1m on searching Google). 
 

1 hour ago, johnnybangkok said:

Absolute nonsense.

 

'If someone dies in circumstances involving an accident, violence or suspicious circumstances, the case is referred to a coroner for investigation. A post-mortem examination is carried out and usually an inquest is held. The Coroner's Court hears all the evidence and follows legal rules of evidence when deciding the causes of death. It is extremely unlikely that a coroner would find that someone was involved in a traffic accident, or was the victim of violence, because of having COVID-19 or a positive COVID-19 test -- so they would not mention COVID-19 on the death certificate. This applies to any death caused by an accident, violence, poisoning, or other external causes'

https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/whetherthosewhohavediedfromacaraccidentwithcovid19willbecountedinonsstatistics

 

This is from the UK but I can't imagine it's much different in the US.

A similar approach is indeed taken in the USA   ---   See  https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/how-are-covid-19-deaths-counted-it-s-complicated

"For those who die — from a heart attack, for instance — the role of COVID-19 might never be determined unless there’s a reason to run a post-mortem test for the disease, Raja explains. As for those killed by traumas such as accidents and assaults, a test wouldn’t matter.

“Whether or not you have COVID isn’t going to change your cause of death when you get hit by a car,” he says."

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Sure about that ???.... Insurance always pays for damage in Thailand....  this further enables the drink drivers to continuing doing what they want with limited or no risk of consequence. 

March 2017

"The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) announced today that Motorists caught driving when drunk will soon find they are not covered by insurance firms in cases of accidents.

With the revised rule, a BAC result of more than 50mg per cent means drink driving, and the driver will not be covered for accidents, he said."

https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news-asia-thailand/drunk-drivers-in-thailand-now-face-insurance-ban/  

Carl Sagan:  "We live in a Society exquisitely dependent on Science and Technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about Science and Technology".

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Debatable but a copy should be enough

"RTP Spokesman: Tourists do not Need To Carry Passports" ( - albeit from 7y ago, and Times and People/Personnel *do* change.)

https://www.stickboybkk.com/news/rtp-spokesman-tourists-need-carry-pasports-times/

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

Sonthiya Sawasdee from Thailand’s House committee on law, justice and human rights .... 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

However, Mr Sonthiya warned that any MP who supports the proposal could be in breach of parliamentary ethics.

I presume that a Rule-Book has been written on "Thai Parliamentary-Ethics".

And I presume that Mr Sonthiya is a Lawyer.

 --  If he is, then I would have expected that he would *know* whether or not an MP's support for the Proposal is in breach of Parliamentary-Ethics.

On 9/28/2021 at 3:41 AM, webfact said:

Sukhothai citizens were deeply touched by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha’s on-site visit ... the Government said.

It'd be laughable, ... if it wasn't tragic.

  --  By-the-way ... who exactly in-this-case is "The Government" ? 

Who would've thought that the Thai Government would've made such strenuous preparations/efforts to ensure that the Centre of Bangkok would not be flooded ?

On 9/27/2021 at 4:13 PM, snoop1130 said:

"We (The Finance Ministry) still believe that in 2021 our economic growth will be at a level of 1.3%.

On 9/27/2021 at 4:13 PM, snoop1130 said:

The Bank of Thailand Governor said the economy might grow less than 1% this year

Do the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Thailand get their economic-projection-data from different sources/algorithms ?

Do they look at/interpret the data differently ?

 - If this is indeed the case, it sounds a little inefficient/confusing to have 2 closely related Economics-Teams producing 2 different analyses.

On 9/17/2021 at 8:03 PM, kotsak said:

"repairs are moving forward quickly.."

 

Should we get worried about the quality of the job done?

--  I wonder ...   Is the company who is making the *repairs* on the road, the *same* one who constructed the previous version of the road ? ... 

51 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Well I don't have to worry about that I can only get CTPL on my bike. ????

K - 

I just had a (quick) look on the Internet, and I saw a website for a Thai Insurance Co. quoting prices for CTPL  ---- (1) up to 75cc [Bt161], (2) 75-125cc [Bt323], (3) 125cc-150cc [Bt430], (4) >150cc [Bt645].

  --  *If* the Thai Government introduces a Big-Bike Licence, they may well also decide to change (4) to 150-400cc, and introduce a new level (5) >400cc.

And when you pay the Annual Road-Tax for the Big-Bike ... it might be impossible to avoid paying the extra pennies for the new higher-rate (whatever it might be).

7 hours ago, lesmac said:

I don't object to the idea of a big bike licence but like many here I have been driving big bikes for 15 years here so why would I need to resit my test and would the licence give me any benefits such as lower insurance, the right to drive on slightly safer toll roads. Not likely with the ruling dinosaurs.

I would guess ( - and I *am* guessing) that if you were involved in an accident/event in Thailand on your Big-Bike, and if you didn't (already) have a Thai Big-Bike Licence, that your Bike-Insurance Co. might decide that you invalidated the Terms of your Insurance-Policy.  (Or maybe the Insurance Co. would ask to see your Big-Bike Licence every time that you renew your Insurance-Policy.)

A note on The General asking The Royal Thai Police to end the "Perp-Press-Conferences" ( - and so *not* the reenactments) ----->

*

In September 2016 ...  " ... General Prayuth Chan-ocha sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice telling Police to consider ending the commonplace practice of parading Suspects in front of Reporters out of concern for human rights; Police said the show will go on – with some modifications."

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2016/09/06/perp-pressers-continue-despite-concern-human-rights/

"Police defend the practice as something that gives Suspects the right to ask for clemency, and to show Society how Criminals operate."

8 hours ago, andersonat said:

Q: Has there ever been a reenactment "to expedite the justice process" in the case of the death of Police Sgt. Major Wichien Klanprasert ?

 

  ---  And now that The Suspect is in custody, I ***really*** want to see the on-site reenactment, giving a complete presentation/portrayal of the details surrounding the death of Jeerapong Thanapat ... "to expedite the justice process" ( - and the Public's perception of the Thai Justice Process).

  --  Does anyone here know if Policemen in Thailand are entitled to/eligible for cash-bonuses/rewards related to the value of the discovered/confiscated Drugs ?

There's *no* way that Police Colonel Thitisan Utthanaphon of The Royal Thai Police decided to return from Myanmar without an agreed deal being in place  --  Otherwise *why* would he ? 

I have 2 British friends, who live in Birmingham (England). They are 60y old, well-off, fully-vaccinated and retired ( = they have time on their hands, and so they're not worried about [self-]quarantining, if that were necessary after a trip). They are *really* well-travelled internationally, and they are open to the idea of travelling internationally again "sometime". 

There were considering their Autumn 2021 holiday-travel plans, and they thought that they were ***really*** "pushing-the-boat-out" by booking a 1-week holiday to London (England). 

No  -  they're not thinking of travelling abroad/to South-East Asia/to Thailand for a holiday at-this-time/this year; and I would think that *very* few are.

Some information re. "The Seventh Dose":-

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday said that health officials may be able to obtain as many as seven doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine from vials initially intended to hold just five. 

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/530596-fda-says-pfizer-vaccine-supply-is-up-to-40-percent-higher-than-previously