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6 hours ago, possum1931 said:

General Cha Cha and his Soldier Boys with more of their nonsense.

It's a loose coalition and like herding cats. Keep one faction happy by making another stupid law and they can stumble on for another month. It can take forever to get these laws chucked out again, though.

48 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Well Singha have tried that with their Est 33 Craft Beer Brew Pubs.  Supposedly higher end (more expensive) craft beers which are brewed on site in their pubs.  Quite popular with trendy Thais but never going to be mass market given that 90% of the drinking market consists of rural Thais.

They also sell some of their "craft beers" in 7-Eleven now but not that popular - Thailand is not that market.  

160 baht for a small bottle.  Far more in a bar...they do not have to be so expensive if they are the big players.

100 baht for a big bottle and they can do something quality surely?

6 hours ago, Mavideol said:

he's unfit for the one he's trying to do

If he did resign he would 'return happiness to the people.'

And his job would be done.

6 hours ago, Almer said:

When the banks suffer we all suffer.

When the rich people are suffering too there may be a better chance to agree change.

Is this true?

How many officials from TAT?  Tourist Police?

Big black cars with cameras on the roof?

Taxis with no meters.  Tuktuks doing Bangkok tours for 20 B.  Happy faces telling you the Grand Palace is closed today...but they have some ideas for you.

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

That could be difficult to find.

So they will be able to voice their right of free speech granted by the constitution, no oppressive numbers of security forces, no shady figures videoing and photographing 'evidence' of wrongdoing, or others provoking incidents and Prayuth will welcome their opinions.......mmmm?

Hoping for enlightenment and worried about the forces who like things just the way they are.

New army chief and police chief soon.

28 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Used to go there but gets very crowded, last time waiting 4 hours. They seem to decide on root canal without xray, it's cheapish.

Sometimes I think they automatically go for root canal treatment as soon as I open my mouth.  Am I unlucky?  Or is there a good reason?

1 minute ago, trainman34014 said:

''Anti-Corruption Panel'; nothing but a joke !

Prepare a new display case at the Bangkok Anti Corruption Museum.

Interesting it is an army party guy refusing to let a coalition member get away with it.

If we have the story told correctly.

1 hour ago, djayz said:

Give this man an award! 

Can't blame him for doing his job, but why it is worth our time when many important stories are being given little attention?

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

The Thai banks? I doubt many will feel compassion for them. They offer one of the highest loan spreads in the world. Their profitability is significant. Who cares about them? Not me. Not many! 

It is my experience that Thai banks benefit from a much higher spread than many other countries.  If you are seeking a loan in Thailand you do not have much of a choice but to pay up or don't start the business, buy the car, get the children a better education etc....

I agree there is a choice, but if the banks were not so greedy the risk of making that choice would be less and they would have a better chance to improve their lives.

7 hours ago, Andycoops said:

End the endemic corruption of leaving university with a teaching qualification and then having to pay a school director 250000 baht to start a job would be a good start.

Let's get it all out there.

Is it true that a graduate with a government job is then entitled to get a big loan?  And then they are in the system, bowing and smiling and compromising their ethics and future.

9 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Scandalous !

What right have these bullies got to hang around, or inside, educational facilities for  Thai students ?

It has been the norm.  They were invited to 'help' and be role models.  Each year children have a day when they can hold guns, sit in tanks and dream of when they can be proper grown ups too.

2 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

What is their message? 

I hope you are joking.  Their message is important, dangerous to them and easily found for anyone with curiosity and a keyboard.

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Quite a large protest currently at "democracy" Monument/Ratchadamnoen.

 

Suspect this latest gyration towards democarcy will end like the last 20 or so. Maybe no chairs or rope though?

 

 

Sorry, but I can not believe how unimportant a lot of the posts are on here while Thais are taking risks today to do things which matter a great deal.  Why isn't this the number one story?  Thai visa complains about citizen's apathy, and ignore them when they try to make a change.  Probably 10 to 15,000 people there, not all students.

8 hours ago, yellowboat said:

If only high ranking army officers felt the same way.  

 

Vast majority on this forum expressed concern in 2014.   We can only hope more people like him wake up.

Maybe some high ranking officers do. Why have so many forces been co-opted to take instructions from outside the normal police and army command?

35 minutes ago, djayz said:

Is it time to book one way tickets out of here (again)? 

I fear if this does kick off, things could get really ugly. 

 

 

'The 15,000-plus students and others who protested at Thammasat Rangsit on August 10 issued what can only be termed truly revolutionary demands......' Asia Sentinel Aug 13

Much larger number than I had seen reported elsewhere.

The article 'Thai Students on a Collision Course with ******' is the best and most worrying I have read yet.

Sorry about the asterisks. but the Land of the Free is very touchy.

3 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

May be it's time to reduce the size of TAT ?

With no any foreign tourists since 6 months 

and probably for the months (Years) coming

it's not necessary to keep one governor, 7 or 8 vice-governors

hundreds of employees and a pharaonic budget ?

All this money should be better used to help the needed

Save money on the Tourist Police too and there's lots of rather empty Immigration Offices.

On 8/9/2020 at 11:53 PM, balo said:

The virus is on it's way up again in Europe, several outbreaks now ,mainly due to tourism . 

Same will happen in Thailand if they want millions of Chinese back too soon.  

China cracks down on Buddhism.

If this is true and Thailand has enough pride to turn down their money then things could change anyway.

'In China, the government is not only cracking down on Muslims, but on other religions as well as it pushes to assert communist ideology. Buddhist temples have been closed or demolished, while a campaign has been launched to destroy hundreds of statues of Buddha.' DW News Aug 4, 2020

9 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

This article really bugs me!

They eye and they mull and then they lure.  Who writes this stuff?

25 minutes ago, Enzian said:

I don't know if these guys obstructed traffic as charged, and I don't if know if I'm for or against them (who am I to have an opinion?), but why why why do protestors think that obstructing traffic will help their cause? Because someone who never thought about it before will now think about it and agree? 

I doubt if blocking traffic was their aim.  it is good that this time over one thousand demonstrators of all ages met to protest that even with 20 constitutions so far the elites still do not allow the people of Thailand a fair break in life.

Democracy Monument is a major traffic intersection.

5 hours ago, izod10 said:

Not just the hotels etc, but the banks themselves,they will undoubtedly go tits up too,was one bank in serious trouble before covid.

 Id keep as little money in a Thai bank as i could now,it makes Cyprus look like small beer in comparison

“liability-management exercise”, an agreement to pay creditors somewhat less - sometimes called taking a haircut?

Anyone have any experience in trying this?  What kind of a discount might a Thai bank accept on having the loan paid up by a client whose income will never make the monthly payment any more?