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Yes, and Cambodia. Look at any of the live fire / hotspot maps (the NASA one is best) and it is clear where it is coming from. Most of the pollution in Bangkok isn't being generated in Bangkok otherwise it would be like this all year round. Some fires are in Thailand too, obviously, but mostly our neighbours.

And you doubled down by boasting about your salary, family, house. So I double down on my sad life, sad outlook comment. Anyone that feels the need to boast on an anonymous forum is a loser in my opinion. I prefer to keep my private life and any successes private.

Yet sadly the thread is full of them.

Absolutely not true.

Sad lives, sad outlooks.

Couldn't agree more. More intelligence and talent than all the bitter and grumpy old AN posters combined and timesed by 100.

Yeah, sounds like a real expert: "It looks like she has some mini marbles in some parts of her lips if you know what I mean." Spoken like a true surgeon, thanks for sharing.

Yeah, because you become a global superstar by not having any talent. Just a typical AN bitter / jealous old man comment. Get back in your rocking chair grandpa.

Ah yes, sorry, I mixed you up with the OP. Was asking his reason as we may be able to tailor advice for him based on why or what he wants to know. I don't know for sure of course, but I am fairly certain they are all 100% foreign owned. I just can't see that any of those huge multinationals would have a majority Thai partner - it is asking for trouble. And with the kind of investments they are making the BOI would welcome them with open arms, absolutely. I've randomly searched a few from my list on the BOI database and they are all there. That database used to tell you the ownership and registered capital but now it doesn't.

Eh? Plenty of good reasons to drive in Thailand, what an odd thing to say. Driving to Soi Buakhau to a bar is utter stupidity though.

That is talking about Foreign Business Licenses (FBL) for non BOI companies which is very difficult. If you get BOI privileges you can be 100% foreign owned. We applied for BOI with 100% foreign ownership, no Thai shareholders at all, and we got it. Since then we have also received a FBL for non BOI activities. Granted it can't be for protected industries. Is there a reason for your question or are you just curious?

There are bajillions, including: Toyota Motor Company Nestle Unilever Honda Siemens P&G Mitsubishi Shell DHL IBM Mitsubishi Samsung Coca Cola 3M Ford Bayer Nokia LG PepsiCo Microsoft General Electric Airbus Nissan Bosch HP Cisco There my research ended as I got bored. I would say any multinational with a presence in Thailand (including the one I work for) will be 100% foreign owned through BOI. No way will they risk having a controlling local partner.

The Thaiger's writing just gets worse by the day. Someone needs to confiscate their Thesaurus and remove their access to ChatGPT. It is painful to read this <deleted>e.

Also remember the person you are replying to can't read. BKK will have a higher flight density capacity than Heathrow.

Oh dear, too quick to make a mockery and in fact you ended up making a mockery of yourself. Slow down before you bash next time and use a bit of common sense and read carefully. I assume you have actually been to Suvarnabhumi? Yet you believe it handles ten flights per hour? One landing and one take off every 12 minutes?? The article clearly states the new runway will increase capacity to 94 flights per hour. Heathrow handles around 72 per hour (combined take offs and landings): 1,300 flight movements per day / 18 hours per day it operates = 72 flights per hour. So BKK makes a mockery of Heathrow - and it does, in many ways. The newly opened SAT-1 concourse will handle 112 flights per day - that is not the entire airport, just a small addition to the main terminal.

I can confirm that Seatran has excellent live saving equipment. Live vests under all the seats, floatation devises on the decks and lots of lifeboats/liferafts. They were all stamped with their last inspection date and the date of their next due inspection (which was July 2024 on the ferry I was on). Raja on the other hand......

This thread has really brought the racists out in force.

Well my post was from five months ago so a bit irrelevant now, but the reason I didn't want a bus or train is because it was only a four day trip, so wasting two days on the journey there and back made no sense. For a longer visit, no problem. Nothing to do with mixing with the commoners (maybe a bit), a train would be fine, but I'll never get on a long distance bus in Thailand. I actually just spent 8 days on Samui and got back a couple of days ago. This time I drove and it was much easier than I expected. Left home in Bangkok at 6am and was at the Seatran pier at Donsak at 2pm. Unfortunately I had booked a 7pm ferry and all earlier ferries were full, so I had a few hours to kiil which was not ideal but also not the end of the world. Coming back I intended to stay a night in Hua Hin to break up the journey. An 8am ferry from Samui to Donsak got me to Hua Hin before 4pm, but then I decided to keep going to Bangkok as it was still daylight and Hua Hin holds no interest for me whatsoever. I wouldn't hesitate to drive again. The bit between Bangkok and Hua Hin is a pig: ugly scenery, horrible roads, construction, trucks (so leave early and you miss the nastiness) but the rest of journey is scenic, quiet, and excellent roads.

That's because it doesn't happen.

No, I think it's just your girlfriend that is weird.

Couldn't have said it better. What sad lives some people have that they live with that mentality.

Why would you do that? The man posted lies and slanderous comments saying that Thai skimp on fuel risking safety, the pilots were wrong to divert as he could see out of the windows and no other flights diverted (they did), and that the pilots' command of English was too poor to negotiate more firmly with ATC. It wasn't just a complaint that he was late home, he posted that the airline was risking safety in several ways. But you would reward that with a business class ticket and photos? He comments were slanderous. I disagree with Thai's approach and they should have just made him take them down and apologise, but I have no ideas why you think slanderous comments merit a free business class trip.

Another AN genius, talking about fining TG or removing their landing rights for a scenario that you just made up. A one minute internet search will tell you they continued on to Melbourne after a short time on the ground and arrived four hours after their scheduled time.

It doesn't need to be asked. If you bother to read about it (I know that is beyond most posters here) you'll see that after a short time on the ground in Sydney they flew to Melbourne. It arrived four hours late in total, but arrived safely.

This is Asean Now at its finest! Haven't read it yet you have drawn your conclusion and taken the side of the anti Thai posting foreigner, brilliant. Try reading it, it was clear slander in any country. This I agree with.