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On 4/21/2020 at 7:15 PM, petermik said:

"It plans to borrow 1 trillion baht to finance the measures" where,s all the 230+ billion US dollar foreign currency reserves the government reportedly had

The "$230+ Billion" belongs to/is owned by/is controlled by The (nominally independent) Bank of Thailand, *not* by The Thai Government. 

  --  The Government would *first* have to get involved in some legal/financial "jiggery-pokery" before it could get it's hands on the money.

 - Have all of the "congregation" problems been solved at all of The Immigration Offices in the country ?

(I haven't seen any of the "group-photos" for the past few weeks.)

20 hours ago, BeltAndRoad said:

Wrong.  Thaksin tried to bribe the rural population in exchange for their votes.  Most of them are modest land owners by the way, so not really poor, the people in high rise apartments in BKK are looking fairly poor at the moment.

In 2019 The State spent over 70 billion Baht to to provide healthcare for around 6 million civil servants ( = 12,000 baht per head), whereas it spent 163 billion Baht on  [1] the Universal Health Care Scheme (where The UHC Scheme benefits those who are not covered by the civil servant welfare fund, or the Social Security Fund (SSF) or private health insurance) and also on [2] the SSF for 14 million workers, ( = 3,400 baht per head for 62 million people).

The UHC Scheme is a tweaked version of the 30-Baht-Scheme introduced by Thaksin in 2002.

  --  In recent years, General Prayut has accused the UHC of being "a financial burden to the Government".

8 minutes ago, babakut said:

There is no alcohol ban in France. 

 - And there wasn't one in HK either ... 

6 minutes ago, siamsev said:

Hong Kong, South Africa, Greenland, some regions in France, are examples of other places that have banned alcohol.

  --  When did the alcohol-bans start in HK and in France ? 

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has offered a public apology for his miscommunication, which has caused widespread public confusion

The General is fortunate that his miscommunication *only* caused "public confusion".

  --  If his miscommunication had caused a "public panic", then he might well have been in trouble with Section 14(2) of The Computer Crime Act.

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"Section 14. If any person commits any offence of the following acts shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than one hundred thousand baht or both:

that involves ... 

that involves import to a computer system of false computer data in a manner that is likely to damage the country's security or cause a public panic;

... ".

21 minutes ago, IvorLott said:

Utterly pointless bit of chest puffing from some very minor politician ... 

There are several different "definitions" of the word "Politician" - I prefer the one that says that: "A politician is a person active in politics,  especially as a holder of, or a candidate for, an elected office".

  --  The current Governor was *appointed*. 

11 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Finally a chance to get rid of the rotten rice mountain from Yingluck. Sell it to China with a thank you three times note attached.

Yingluck's Rice Scheme bought 17.8 million tonnes of rice from November 2011 to February 2014.

General Chan-o-cha's Government planned to sell 10 million tonnes from the stockpile in 2015 and the final 7,8 million tonnes in 2016. 

The stockpile was finally cleared/sold off in the first half of 2017.

The lack of action in the past 10 years in working towards a solution to this problem is a total disgrace. The Powers-that-Be would appear to have no ideas about how to deal with (currently) the second biggest health-problem in the country.   ---  On this matter, the Local-, Provincial-, and National-Government give every indication that they are "in power", but *not* "in control". 

9 hours ago, Scott Tracy said:

Fake goods are destroyed world wide.

Incineration is the preferred method.

An appropriate company with appropriate safeguards on their incinerator is the appropriate way to go.

I know not if this company has these safeguards, but I expect they do, and I also suggest no one here knows otherwise.

Of course, it is always possible that the photo which is attached to the story below is not actually "real" ----->

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And I know some that gained fruitful employment when the Brexit vote was carried to get out.... employment swings both ways!

 

"My" people had well-paying jobs: a Banker, a Lawyer, and a Manager in a car-factory.

 -  What kind of jobs did "your" people find ? 

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Best news ever, now people can start to work towards the future they voted for 3 years ago.

trade deals will start immediately with those who wish to trade, UK has been trading for centuries with Europe... those who said we would collapse and die were liars! 

I know several people who though they didn't exactly "collapse and die", they did have problems after their jobs disappeared - that happened not because of the 'uncertainty' surrounding Is-Brexit-going-to-happen-or-not-after-the-referendum, but directly because of the result of the Brexit-referendum.  

46 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Indeed. The way UK pensioners are treated is appalling.

 

But that nice socialist Mr. Kinnock gets around GBP 1.7 million pension per year; and Mr Corbyn gets over 1m I believe.

 

See it's not all bad news ????

Can you please suggest a source for your figures on Kinnocks's pension and Corbyn's pension. My (brief) internet-researches suggest much lower figures. 

I would be surprised if "Career-Military-Men" had acquired sufficient breadth/depth of knowledge/expertise regarding legal/financial/economic/business/agricultural/social/health/education-matters to oversee in depth the details of the work done by the Lower House. 

Was this one of the voting-stations recently checked by a Member of the Election-Commission ? 

"The correct procedure in the event of annoyance was to report the matter for action first to state officials who would then warn and ask the owner to take action to rectify the problem."

 - Who *are* these "State Officials" ? 

Yesterday Maj Gen Chatuphon Kalamphasut, Deputy Chief of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) Region 4, said Police were still unsure who was responsible for the attacks in Songkla. Although some activities by insurgent groups in Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani and four border districts of Songkhla were previously detected in Songkhla, there was no evidence to suggest they perpetrated the bombings, he said.

Today National Security Council Secretary-General Gen Wallop Raksanoh said that the two home-made bombs used to attack the Golden Mermaid sculpture and the Noo-Maew statue on the Samila beach on Wednesday night were similar to the type of explosive devices usually used by Southern-Militants in the deep South.

 - Sometimes one is best served by waiting and checking before commenting. 

20 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

It is doubtful she even cared enough to try.  

 

She said something while she was still under house arrest that has bothered me for years:  "I like them".  That is what she said about the generals that confined her.  Guess she just wanted a seat at the table.

 

Feel sorry for those who want and have sacrificed for actual change in the country.

From .......  https://tricycle.org/magazine/who-is-the-real-aung-san-suu-kyi/

The military kept Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. The military persecuted her friends and colleagues. The military was ultimately responsible for the fact that she did not see her dying husband. However, Suu Kyi doesn’t hold it against them.

“I’ve never thought that what they did to me was personal, anyway. It is politics,” she told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in a 2012 interview.

“I like a lot of the generals, I’m rather inclined to liking people. . . . Well, I’ve always got on with people in the army. You mustn’t forget that my father was the founder of the Burmese army. And this is why I have a soft spot for them, even though I don’t like what they do. That’s different from not liking them.”

At the bottom of the screen, a CNN banner flashed the quote: “i like a lot of the generals.” Amanpour admitted to being “stunned” by the statement, and Suu Kyi seemed bemused by her reaction. “Are you really? I think it’s perfectly natural to feel this way.”

"Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday has asked the public and media to warn a teenage “look thung” singer about her suggestive dance moves and scanty outfits. 

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 - Perhaps the Prime Minister can find the time soon to similarly take an interest in, and comment on, the  involvement of children in Muay-Thai Competitions.

The murderer was Dechathorn Munmanee, 21, and he was assisted by Kornkanok Waranyasathit, 23. Dechathorn confessed, so his sentence was halved to 25 years and 6 months. Kornkanok requested he be released on bail but this must be decided by an Appellate Court. Dechathorn did not make a request for bail.

The other 11 suspects were sentenced to between 1 and 11 years. They were granted bail with 700,000 Baht surety.

 ---  So ..., so far only the 2 guys directly involved in the murder are in jail, and 1 of them could be out on bail "sometime".

Correct me if I'm wrong ... but I don't believe that Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has ever actually run as a Candidate in an election. 

"The Deputy Premier assured the media that, if the election takes place in February next year, the country will have ample time to undertake all the prerequisite processes."  -- Does he base this assurance on his personal experience of having sat on the Organizing Committee of a national political party contesting an election ?