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Chinese woman’s Phuket Airport arrest sparks legal turbulence
GroveHillWanderer replied to snoop1130's topic in Phuket News
It is that she faces the prospect of standing trial for "a crime that could lead to a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 200,000 baht under Thai law." (As mentioned in the OP). -
Trump surrenders for historic fourth arrest
GroveHillWanderer replied to Social Media's topic in World News
That's not a great analogy. It assumes that something has actually happened and no investigation is allowed. That's not the case here - no one is saying that investigations into election fraud cannot be done. They have been done (as mentioned two of them were even commissioned by Trump himself). A better analogy would be that the police receive reports of a shooting in a house. They enter the house, do a thorough investigation and find that absolutely no evidence that anyone was shot, exists in that house. -
Trump surrenders for historic fourth arrest
GroveHillWanderer replied to Social Media's topic in World News
But as stated, no (rational) basis exists to justify suspicions that voting is inaccurate. Given that no evidence of widespread voter fraud has ever been found in all the times this has been investigated, up to and including the most recent elections, there is no (valid) reason for such suspicions to exist. If there was a reason for people to be suspicious of the integrity of the US voting systems, then it might be a good idea to address those concerns. But without wanting to sound like a broken record, there is no factual basis for concern. -
Trump surrenders for historic fourth arrest
GroveHillWanderer replied to Social Media's topic in World News
That's a bit of a mischaracterization. The "pizzagate" conspiracy wasn't simply about child trafficking in a generalized sense and not merely by "the elite." It was the conspiracy theory that specifically Democratic Party elites (including but not limited to Bill and Hillary Clinton) were abducting and trafficking children and that the centre of these practices was the basement of a pizza parlour (hence the name) in Washington, that doesn't even have a basement. None of the major elements of the pizzagate conspiracy theory have any truth to them, nor did they have anything to do with Geoffrey Epstein. -
Trump surrenders for historic fourth arrest
GroveHillWanderer replied to Social Media's topic in World News
The thing is though, you're looking for a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Every single investigation ever carried out into voter fraud in the US has found that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. And that includes not one, but two investigations initiated by Donald Trump. Trump commission did not find widespread voter fraud A second firm hired by Trump campaign found no evidence of election fraud -
Yes, you missed any actual evidence. Everything you mention there is merely unsupported allegations, supposition, or non-evidentiary documentation. Not only is it decidedly not "overwhelming evidence" against Joe Biden - it's not any kind of evidence against him.
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If Joe Biden is guilty of such "mega dishonesty," why is is that the House Oversight Committee, (with its broad jurisdictional and legislative authority and under the chairmanship of James Comer, who has made it his mission to unearth any wrongdoing by the President) has been unable to find a single shred of actual evidence against him?
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I think you've actually got the situation reversed - while what you say may have been true back in the 60's, when the government started to encourage the teaching of English, the concern more recently was that English was becoming too dominant and that many Singaporeans were not achieving a good grasp of their mother tongue. Hence why the Ministry of Education has made it mandatory for all pupils to learn a mother tongue language (MTL) at school (unless they're of foreign heritage when they can choose a different second language). The MoE points out that it is important for students to learn an MTL so they can: There's a difference between the language of instruction for classes being English and pupils being banned from speaking any language other than English while at school. If you think they are banned from speaking other languages while at school, perhaps you can explain how they can learn an MTL in school without speaking it. Or even better, perhaps you could provide a link to that report saying other languages are banned at school.
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It's not even true anyway, schoolchildren are not restricted to speaking only English in Singapore schools. In fact it's compulsory for schoolchildren there to learn (and therefore speak) a second "mother tongue" language in school, as shown in the link below. Learning a Mother Tongue Language in school
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Even if true, that still wouldn't make it the official language. However I don't think it's true, given that Singapore's Ministry of Education official website says that it's compulsory for all students to learn a "mother tongue" language as part of their school studies. That would be a little tricky to manage, if they're not allowed to speak any of those languages on school property. Learning a Mother Tongue Language in school And as the article goes on to say:
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OK, false alarm - at least as far the passport numbers go. I just realized I had a script blocker running in my browser designed to prevent malicious websites running code. After I changed the script blocker to allow all scripts on the immigration website, it stopped asking for passport numbers for people who are British citizens. However it does still say that it wants the names of all my wife's family members living in the UK including all in-laws, which is a new requirement as far as I'm aware.
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I believe it's up to a year, actually. However that wouldn't save you from the fine for driving on an expired license if you get stopped.
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Well, if the individual in question works for Grab for instance, it could be the case. Grab provides both food delivery and motorcycle taxi services. So a food delivery driver working for them, could also be taking paying passengers. Food delivery drivers working for other companies may possibly do the same.
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My wife is filling in her application for a UK visit visa. This year they're asking for info about all family she has in the UK, including her in-laws. Altogether, with my four siblings, their spouses and my parents, it comes to ten people. All of them are British citizens, but the form seems to be designed for non-Brits as it asks about their "permission to be in the UK." Does anyone know if my wife really has to list all ten of her in-laws in the UK and supply all their passport numbers? (My parents, for instance, who are in their 90's, don't have current passports). Did anyone else's Thai partner, when filling out the application, supply this info about all their British in-laws?
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In Hua Hin, it used to be 500 Baht and you got it straight away. Now it's free, but you have to wait three days. There was no mention of an option to pay and get it quicker. I would have taken that if available as I was renewing my driver's licence which had already expired and I didn't want to be driving around on an expired licence any longer than I had to.
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If it was "orchestrated with the aim of price hike," then why, when the milk reappeared after a few days' absence was it either exactly the same price as before or even slightly cheaper for some brands?