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From the OP:- "In the video Amornphan Villa Resort owner said that in the 40 years of operation the monthly power bill had never exceeded 500,000 baht but this month it skyrocketed to 711,470.60 baht despite electricity and air-conditioner usage being the same as before." ( - the underlining has been added by me.) My interpretation of the sentence is that she did read the no. of units on the bill.

I finally have a "definitive" answer on the situation concerning using the Online 90-Day Report Service for the situation in *Chiang Mai Immigration* from a Supervisor/Manager based at the Chiang Mai Central Festival Office. If I travel around Thailand, and if a Hotel registers me as being a Guest, and informs The Immigration Office of this, then The Immigration Office (in Bangkok) will update my address in their national records. If I *don't* go to Chiang Mai Immigration (at the Airport-Office) when I return to CM, and tell them that I have returned to my home, then the Hotel-address will remain my address on-the-official record. This is *not* a problem for CM Immigration Staff if you want to make a 90-Day Report *in person*, or *by post*, because the CM 90-Day Report Staff can understand what has happened/is happening, they will give you a new paper 90-Day Report, and there *won't* be a fine. HOWEVER, if you *don't* update your address (to your Home-Address, with a new TM30) then you *won't* be able to continue to use the *Online 90-Day Report Service", and you'll have to do the 90-Day Reports in person, or by post.

I live (and for TM 30 purposes I'm registered) in Chiang Mai. I visited Pattaya for a weekend 2 weeks ago for a holiday, staying in a (large, well-known) Hotel. ... I tried to make an online 90-day Report a few days ago. ... My application was refused, because I had stayed in, and had been "registered" by, the Hotel in P (said the email). ... The refusal-email also told me that I have ( = my Wife has) to make a new TM 30 declaration at CM Immigration, before I can make my 90-day Report. .

It appears that The Pollution "Control" Department merely *monitors* the Pollution, rather than actually *controlling* it.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5920433/ "Previous studies have identified a marked association between particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) exposure and increased incidence of pulmonary diseases (1). ... PM2.5 comprises a mixture of solid and liquid particles, including black carbon, metals, nitrate, sulfate, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and automobile exhaust particles (4). It has also been indicated that PM2.5 may trigger asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and lung cancer through the activation of various signaling pathways, ... A European cohort study indicated that PM2.5 exposure increased the risk of lung cancer, particularly lung adenocarcinoma (12). .. " *** https://oem.bmj.com/content/61/10/799 "While many uncertainties remain, it appears plausible that known chemical carcinogens are responsible for the lung cancers attributed to PM2.5 exposure in the extended ACS Cohort Study. However, the possibility should not be ruled out that particulate matter is capable of causing lung cancer independent of the presence of known carcinogens. ... " *** https://www.esmo.org/newsroom/press-releases/scientists-discover-how-air-pollution-may-trigger-lung-cancer-in-never-smokers "A new mechanism has been identified through which very small pollutant particles in the air may trigger lung cancer in people who have never smoked, paving the way to new prevention approaches and development of therapies, according to late-breaking data [to be] reported at the ESMO Congress 2022 by scientists of the Francis Crick Institute and University College London, funded by Cancer Research UK (1). The particles, which are typically found in vehicle exhaust and smoke from fossil fuels, are associated with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) risk, accounting for over 250,000 lung cancer deaths globally per year (2,3)."

Has anyone heard of any Local, Provincial, or National Politician recently discussing possible ameliorations/solutions to this annual-problem ? [ - I *haven't* ] -- This is a public-health disaster, and it seems that the people in CM are expected to sit-tight, and wait for the winds to come and blow the smoke away..

- On an *individual* basis, you are correct. However, the Epidemiologists have collected and analysed the Covid-Patient statistics, and the statistics say that, in general, Vaccinated-Sufferers have lighter symptoms, compared to Unvaccinated-Sufferers.

In the UK there is a Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme that *might* pay out somewhere between £2,500 and £11,000 to the spouse of a person who has been murdered.

JVS, You may well have an "information-advantage" over me. - You wrote that Pol Capt Phanurak Rattanaphaisorn had *already* paid the Family/Families. I searched on the Internet, but I could not see a news-story that reported that the money had *already* been paid. From the OP above, I read that The Court has *ordered* him to pay 5.5m Baht to the Families.

D-L, You made a bold statement that "refugees are supposed to seek refuge (under International law) in the first country they enter after "fleeing" their home country". -- I will make a similarly bold statement: what you wrote is not actually true.

UJ, I’m sure that I read somewhere/sometime (here ?, in the past 6 months ?) that it was still necessary to report to the *Chiang Mai* Immigration Office within 24h after returning from abroad, even with a re-entry permit. … Are you able to confirm, one way or the other, if this is still the case.