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The guy is from India.

Average salary for his job in India is around 30,000 INR month = @16000 THB.

Even allowing for variations in salary and living expenses, still a lot of room to play with.

"This measure is aimed to prevent the airport from the unlawful interference action that may cause the delay of process."

Can someone translate that into English for me?

No! How are you ever going to cope with official Tinglish if we help you ? It is an essential part of living in LOS

Four of us from work went through Manchester a couple of years ago, one was taken away for questioning. His job was explosives and his back pack was the one he took to work. Explosive residue detected. Questioned him for a while. Proves the machines work there.

What did he expect ? I know dope smokers who are clued up enough to take a clean bag.

So what happens to those of us who are changing planes at DMK? In my daughters case her AA flight from KL arrives at 17.30 and she is booked on the last Nok Air flight to Ubon at 19.30. (originally had a 3 hour transit time but AA cancelled original flight). There will be many people affected by this surely ? It's on thing to arrive at an airport an hour or two early if you can but for many pax that won't be possible. How is this going to pan out ?

Maybe we should see this as a step forward in his development as a politician ?

Politicians Handbook.

Rule No.1 Blame the previous government.

Rule No.2. See Rule No.1

Hmmm, flaw in my theory is that he has used Rule. No.1 from the start.

If for me it was a situation where I had to rely on having my own business or working to be able to support myself to stay long term in Thailand, than I would never had settled here under those circumstances. I could not live with the thought of being only one pay cheque from disaster if in the event I could no longer work..

I am fully retired, have a reasonable income, my wife and I have our own home, all legal and above board, my children have careers and working. I am both an American and a British citizen, both my parents departed now, heavily invested for my life in Thailand and sold up everything in the States and the UK long ago, so for me retuning back to the US or the UK would mean being either homeless or renting as I could no longer afford to buy back into the property markets and at my age, I doubt any one would want to employ me. Also after many, many years, returning to my home country I am sure would be a great reverse culture shock and probably hate it.

If the worst did happen and for some reasons I was told to pack my bags and clear off out the country, then my first choices would be to move to another south east Asian country or perhaps somewhere on the Indian continent.

I am sure there are many in a similar situation as myself, where there is much more involved than just packing a case, booking a flight and going back to what I describe as no man`s land.

Coming from a family with a colonial history I've watched a few old Asia hands return to the UK, with some of them it was even a retirement back home they had been eagerly looking forward to. This was also at a time when the UK would have seemed less alien to them than it would today. Never really worked out. As you say, so much more involved for those who feel Asia beneath their feet.

Althought the relevant article is piffle, this is an issue that is very much alive for Phuket.

It is also one facet of the many reasons why I recently chose to move from the Island.

There is another popular thread running talking about how dead Patong is at the moment. That may be true but what has not been discussed is the significant shift in the demographic of the visitors to Phuket. There is a huge influx of chinese. That is a given. But they are zero dollar tourists, who rarely venture out of their packaged group environment to interface with workaday thai folk. If the Chinese stock market continues to tank then these visitors may well dry up, or if they tire of the scams, for example being bused in to a mall to buy latex products that were imported from China and then put in a bag labelled made in Thailand, they will go elsewhere.

But, chinese aside, who are the new source markets for Phuket tourists? What I see on the ground are morrocans, kuwaitees, iranians, and other muslim visitors. A growing trend I have observed is muslim men, with their wifes, walking down Bangla. Why on earth a married muslim would want to walk with his wife on a street filled with prostitutes and bars selling alcohol is beyond me but there you go. As the Chinese dry up, or wise up, to Phuket, the remaining tourist demographic will be Muslim men. Of course they are only staying in Patong for its great mosque. If, in the near future, the bulk of vistors to Phuket are muslim, it would seem safe to assume that the tourist areas will eventually undergo total Islamization. Not a big leap for Kamala, or Bang Tao.

I spent some time working in an office in Bond St London near a branch of Victoria's Secret, an erotic lingerie store. A constant stream of limousines from which burka clad females would emerge before exiting with huge amounts of carrier bags. Seeing a London taxi called to take the excess bags was a common occurrence. I'm sure that this was being done not only with hubbies wallet but also his approval.

"Read more: http://asiancorrespo...on-of-thailand/"

I did and wish I hadn't.

that link links back to Thaivisa

It does. Correct link below.

http://asiancorrespondent.com/134054/the-islamization-of-thailand/

Many airlines will change a ticket for an administration fee if you contact them very quickly (matter of minutes not hours). I did this with Nok Air last week. Cost me 300 baht to change the return leg which I had accidentally booked for the same day when I meant to book the following day. I have done this before (or failed to call quickly enough - can't remember) so I knew that importance of getting on the phone straight away.

Pretty sure I have seen this being a published feature with British Airways. I think it is usually an informal thing that airlines will do at their discretion.

Air Asia? Forget it - the customer is always wrong if there is money in it for Tony Fernanadez. I saw once that his PR team had said that he wished he was liked more! It's easy to see what's not to like.

"Air Asia? Forget it - the customer is always wrong if there is money in it for Tony Fernanadez. I saw once that his PR team had said that he wished he was liked more! It's easy to see what's not to like."

Think it was his QPR team that said that ?

Gooners....

Just another drama queen.... life outside is like prison, what an idiot. Try living in Norway... the govenment controls everything you do. Thailand is a very free country to live in.

Norway just has problems controlling neo-nazi's that get automatic weapons and bombs and go out and kill 77 innocent young people.

Coups do not weaken Democracy. They happen when it is weak! Or when it is a pseudo-Democracy.

You actually wrote that ?

I argue with fools but draw the line at complete idiots.

The Greek debt is totally dwarfed by the trillions that have been lost in the Chinese stock markets. Lost not by institutions but by 90 million small investors & businesses that have borrowed heavily.If the Thai baht is not going to be heavily affected by the events, including social unrest, that will be set loose in China then it truly is a Teflon currency.

I can't see this running in the Thai news section or anywhere else, strange ?

" Crucial DNA evidence in the case of the murder of two British backpackers cannot be retested because it no longer exists, Thai police have told the BBC.

The evidence is central to the prosecution case against two Burmese migrants on trial for killing David Miller, 24, from Jersey, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk.

The defence had wanted it re-examined."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33457038

Very much suspect this is manufactured bs or at best a wild distortion of a conversation that may have occurred between Embassy & Education dept.

" He said all education institutes can either check records of all English applicants from the UK police’s website www.acro.police.uk/icpc,"

No they can't. Only the applicant can obtain a certificate relating to themselves.

What with this and the other thread running about foreign organisations abducting and brainwashing student activists I'm beginning to think "lets blame the farangs for everything" rhetoric is being stepped up.

I see the "wannabee-cool-Thais" spitting, as I see Thais "queue-jumping", as I see Thais "urinating" in certain roads, so why the big fuss about Chinese visitors doing same same ??

It's the "pot calling the kettle black". Usual hypocritical stuff here.

Only difference is the Chinese spend much money here, unlike these locals. So maybe the authorities should turn the usual "blind-eye".

"Only difference is the Chinese spend much money here"

Not according to every poster so far. Evidence ?

"....an overhaul of the entire education system in Thailand is required."

OK Prime Minister, consider it done, no problem.

What else do you expect from a nation which gave the world the cuckoo clock?

I would expect one of their citizens to be asking the Embassy for a clarification ?

BTW, I think it may be against forum rules to edit my post you are replying to (16) You will not make changes to quoted material from other members posts, except for purposes of shortening the quoted post. This cannot be done in such a manner that it alters the context of the original post.).

In the future, please copy and paste into your reply the part of my post you want to respond to. Selective quotes, without the complete original post available for readers to refer to, can be misleading. Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation in this matter.

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Avoiding the topic again? If mods had a problem with the way I snip quotes to make the thread more readable, they woukd have mentioned it at some point in the last 6 years.

Maybe others don't care; I do. I haven't reported you but if it continues, I may. Thanks for your understanding.

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Enough material there for a conference (Fawlty Towers)but I doubt they would have you. Is there a problem with the meds?

Colleague was talking to a Thammasat student yesterday. He wanted to demonstrate and feels almost guilty for not doing so. Has 2 young sisters and Mum is the sole breadwinner. She works for the civil service, but most likely not for long should he join the demonstrators.

I'm sure there are many others like him. The laws may be oppressive but they only tell half the story.

Here we go, just noticed this in the newsfeed.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan Thursday denied that troops had been dispatched to intimidate families of 14 student activists, who have been arrested and remanded for violating rally ban.

Martyrs cannot be silenced. Creating martyrs is self-destructive.

The martyrs are being made almost every day...people are realizing this.

The coup started out so well, then went south faster than a swallow in November.

Cosmetic reforms, gerrymandering, an appointed government...they knew one primary principle--if people are comfortable, they will go along with almost anything...but they started creating martyrs using both new powers and the old "let's tag our enemies with the lese majestie thing" (which both sides always accuse each other of abusing, so I tend to believe it is, indeed, an abused statute).

Since PM Prayuth has Article 44, and is not using it to plug the biggest holes in the dam, I am assuming he did not realize his own friends and associates are also feeding at the trough.....it's not a matter of feeding, it is a matter which pigs are first in line.

IMHO, the feeding depends on the breeding. Pedigree pigs always seem to get more out of the trough than the common porker.

i have driven as far as the Singapore border as it was just to much hassle to drive into Singapore as u need buy/rent that machine that allows you to drive in town

lots of toil roads on both coast in Malaysia. Make sure you have Malaysian money as banks are few an far between.except in cities

You need a document from the vehicle dept for your car which is a translation of your cars blue book

u can ONLY have a maximum tint of 40% to get thru the border ( Sadao is a pain in the ass and has a machine to check the tint %)

You need english translation stickers of your cars license plate you can buy them at the border in Sadao ( after immigration/customs) or Satun ( before immigration) 100 baht each an u need front and back

Need insurance I pay 800 baht for 1 month for a honda civic buy same place as u get the stickers and also get the round tax disk required to drive in Malaysia

driving is easy but signs are <deleted>

gas is 10 baht/lt cheaper

Americans get 90 days for both countries visa exempt stamp

great info, think the OP should stop off in Phuket and buy you a beer

Colleague was talking to a Thammasat student yesterday. He wanted to demonstrate and feels almost guilty for not doing so. Has 2 young sisters and Mum is the sole breadwinner. She works for the civil service, but most likely not for long should he join the demonstrators.

I'm sure there are many others like him. The laws may be oppressive but they only tell half the story.

Good for them. Nice to see some people with a bit of backbone. Not quite up to the level of students in Hong Kong, but there definitely seems to be more outward dissent in the last month or so.

You can't blame Thammasat students for being a little cautious. Events of 1976 when more than 100 of them were massacred under a previous junta is part of a Thammasat students DNA.

The embassy certified all these restaurants all over various countries. Yeah right.

Our local Thai restaurant doesn't even have krapow for gods sake.

Usually because it's hard to get hold of the holy basil due to EU regs on pesticide levels.

Switzerland prepares to support Thailand's political development

BANGKOK, 1 July 2015 (NNT) - Swiss ambassador to Thailand Christine Schraner Burgener has made known during a meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha that the European country supports Thailand’s reform process .

The premier thanked her for her role in strengthening Thai-Swiss bilateral relations for the past 6 years. He also thanked the country for hosting a photo exhibition of His Majesty the King’s stay in Lausanne on May 12 in a bid to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the royal family’s first official visit to Switzerland.

According to Mrs Schraner Burgener, as the ambassador to Thailand, she and her team have witnessed the political development in Thailand, and that Switzerland is prepared to support the ongoing reform process and assist in areas needed.

Relations between the two countries have been concentrated on trade and tourism. In 2011, Switzerland became Thailand's eleventh most important trading partner, making it the most important trading partner in the European bloc.

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I can't believe what I am reading above. According to Mrs. Schraner, the second-oldest democracy on this globe, is supporting the current "political-developments" by supporting an unelected "military-junta"? Outrageous !

Knowing very well, that the main goal of the current "government" is only to keep Thailand in the hands of the 50 "important families" that have controlled Thailand for the last 100 years. And all this, while the US and most other "western-countries" are absolutely not supporting the current "political- developments" taking place in Thailand.

If this is only a personal "exploit" from Mrs. Schraner, fine ! Otherwise, if this should represent the latest official orientation concerning Foreign Policy by Switzerland, then I could only ask: Quo Vadis, Switzerland ? All for a fistful of more Dollars (Baht)?

Cheers.

Entirely unconnected with the fact that Swiss banks have been up to naughties again to the tune of several billion dollars and a Swiiss whistle blower, Xavier Justo has been detained in Bangkok.