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With all the hospitality staff out of work, rather than just giving them cash handouts, I wish the government would give them some other employment instead, in areas that are badly needed. For example, collecting rubbish, repairing / repainting schools and buildings, making the island look much more attractive than it currently does. 
 

the govt should also use this period to be sorting out infrastructure - build some new water collecting dams, expand and fix the sewerage systems, replace all the hanging wires and bury them underground, install a proper public transport system (a proper bus network like we have in Hong Kong for example)

personally I think it’s great that construction has stopped on most of the new hotels which are clearly not needed, and never were. So we have armies of construction workers out of work. For goodness sake use them, and fix the infrastructure during this once in a lifetime opportunity !

So after years of abuse (TM30s, dual pricing, more and more hoops to jump through, can’t buy land, can’t do this, can’t do that).... NOW they want our money? 
 

hmmmm

good luck with that!

how about this:

Abolish dual pricing, abolish 90 day reporting, introduce a program a little like Malaysia my Second Home and make life easier for us....

THEN we will bail you out.

deal ?

The video of the accident certainly looks as if he was shot by a motorcyclist heading in the opposite direction .... I wonder how his death can be ruled an accident quite so quickly?

They can thank their Chinese friends for this gift to the world. I doubt there is much sympathy for most of the tourist businesses in Thailand from foreign tourists - far too many rip offs you can’t feel sorry for them. Huge sympathy of course for all the honest ones.

This was indeed the only logical outcome, however abhorrent it seems to us. “Justice” for the family I assume will have come from a substantial payout which is terms of them will be more important than having the scumbag put away in jail. Although nailing him may have made them feel better, the cash will help them for the rest of their lives (assuming they don’t just blow it all) - so in reality is a better option for them.

this does show Thailand in a terrible light for the rest of the world - the only option we have is to stop buying the sugary products that his family produces, sadly I don’t do that anyway. 

26 minutes ago, BestB said:

Coming out on top with the whole covid thing has gotten into generals head that Thailand is superior in all aspects and he already said so.

 

just look at their plan of recovery , it’s to move away from being tourism dependant , export dependant but be leaders in development, banking , medical etc .

 

clearly delusional, total and utter lack of understanding about Thailand , it’s position in the world and it’s capabilities 

That’s a very interesting point - Thail people genuinely believe that Thailand is the best place in the world and they are the best people: all ideas are created there, all the best inventions, they were never colonized because of their power (not because of their geographical location or the fact the then rulers just allowed the British and French in to take what they wanted)

very proud nation, but very misguided. 

With factories, offices and other businesses closed for the last few weeks I would think people should get back to work and make some money for the economy rather than have more holidays. Maybe I am just a Grumpy Old Man ....

I bet having that BMW there helped rather than just a Toyota pickup

It’s one thing being able to travel back to thailand but most westerners will either be needing to work to earn money lost in the first half of the year, or their companies won’t allow them to take long holidays when everyone is allowed to go back to work in shops / offices / factories etc.

big increase in tourist arrivals in thailand any time soon? Highly unlikely I would think. 

For what it’s worth I flew in with a Yamaha dsp a1 a couple of years ago. Had it for 20 years, was expensive but I wouldn’t exactly call it high end. Like the OP it was just sitting in storage at home so thought I may as well bring it. Customs opened it up and said it was very expensive, I found a website showing it hadn’t been made for over 20 years, proved by the fact it didn’t have things like USB, Blueteeth or HDMI and after a few minutes of debate they allowed me to box it up and take it home. It’s still sitting in the box in the corner of my spare bedroom ! 

As someone who has been tee total for over 10 years, I find it most peculiar all the people on this forum who can’t survive for a few weeks with no alcohol - trust me, after a while you won’t miss it and your body will thank you for it for the rest of your life. 

I would hope that when this is all over and life returns to normal, tourists remember the racism and xenophobia they have received during this crisis and choose to spend their money elsewhere in future. Just looking at all the infected people in Phuket, the vast majority are Thai ..... I will certainly choose to spend my hard earned $$ elsewhere in future. 

I keep hoping that post the virus, the world will stop relying on china to manufacture everything. I am sure economics will prevail, but the thought of manufacturing more in other countries must be looked at. 

20 hours ago, CharlieK said:

first class would be a direct flight not a layover or 23+ hours travel time.

So they detach the first class cabin and fly it direct ?

what nonsense - Qatar can’t fly direct to UK, they have to go via their home base. I can assure you, the plane leaves in one piece and all the classes arrive at the same time ! ????????????

I know what’s a good idea, let’s crowd everyone together in one place and really share the virus around! The sheer stupidity just beggars belief - for both the foreigners and the poor immigration staff. Whoever decided this was a good idea needs to lose their job immediately.