Neilly

Thailand exported altogether 10.8 million tonnes of milled rice

I wonder if they included all the 'missing' rice in that 10.8?

Why not if they misled the country and failed to do anything about the corruption or if they never attended any of their meetings as the head.

Ohh I'm sorry! Maybe you were just trying to be facetious in your reply to make other TV members argue with your comment against Suthep and your Elite heheee.

Nope, I was serious. They misled the country. In fact, lied to the country. Suthep wanted the government to step fown so fresh elections could be held. Government stepped down and Suthep violently stopped the elections so there could be a coup. Prayuth told everybody he has ne desire to be PM. Then elected himself PM. Elections promised 2015. Now 2016. It'll never happen. In the meantime the tourist industry is down the toilet. Prayuth is putting his cronies in the top government positions and forbade freedom of speech. All of this has cost the country billions of baht. I could go on but you get my drift. They should be impeached too. But that will never happen as he will write laws into the consitution absolving himself and all of his mates from being charged should a democratic process every happen again in Thailand.

Only an idiot could argue with that. You've come to the right place.

I wonder if they touched on the subject of extradition of a certain individual who has been camping in the UAE for awhile now...or possibly sorting out some accommodation for his sister

"We are forming a committee to investigate the incident,"

Wonder how much it will cost to get onto that committee once they say the girls will be asked to perform at attend a hearing?

The minister said Thailand is being given six months to resolve the discrepancies, where failure to do so would result in a ban on Thai fishery exports to the EU, worth roughly 30 billion baht per year

Without wishing to sound negative I'm pretty sure which road they'll end up on, and can kiss goodbye to the exports to EU...there is just too much to be achieved in such a short time, If they'd been given 6 years instead of 6 months I'd still have my doubts...

Something I didn't know until today...

Unlike the rest of the world, where taxis are usually yellow and black, Bangkok’s taxis come in a full range of colours. There are pink taxis, orange taxis, purple taxis, green taxes, yellow taxis and taxis in various combinations. While taxi colour in other countries signify nothing in particular, Bangkok’s taxis are actually colour coded. The single-colour are company taxis, personal taxis in cooperation or alliance and rental company taxis. These colour include bright green, bright sky blue, red, orange, yellow, blue, pink, purple, violet and tan. The bi-coloured taxis are in 3 kinds including yellow-green, red-blue and yellow-orange. The yellow-green are the personal private taxi. The red-blue are the rental taxi. The yellow-orange are the company taxi. Taxis are abundant in Bangkok so you can pick any colour you like, but the yellow-green taxis are generally reckoned to be better, being owned and driven by the owners themselves.

"Commerce Minister Chatchai Sarikulya has shelved plans to amend the Foreign Business Act of 1999 until the time is ripe, as Thailand still needs foreign investors to help resuscitate the comatose economy and changing the game rules now could rattle their confidence."

Id take that to mean theres every intention to do it as soon as its convenient, damned if id have much confidence investing reading that statement

I think you're right and the first line should have read:

"Commerce Minister Chatchai Sarikulya has shelved plans to amend the Foreign Business Act of 1999 until the time is ripe for the picking, as Thailand still needs foreign investors to help resuscitate the comatose economy and changing the game rules now could rattle their confidence."

Superiors do not see a problem with that?

Nah, they've all been moved to 'Inactive Posts'

She is the best.

+1 on that

After meeting with representatives of 75 households living near the airport, the Minister said they asked that the Airport of Thailand purchase their homes and help them relocate

"Where do you want to relocate to?"

" We will give [the owner] of any boat with an expired license a year to get licensed. "

Bunch of child like threats. Be like Indonesia. When caught, arrest the crew and owner of the boat and sink the boat in question to make an artificial reef. When the owners see their precious little raper fishing boats going into Davey Jones' locker, that will make a good impression on them, to become legal or sink. Not after a year say, er how much can you give me to keep you afloat?

Agree with you, but will never happen, just not the Thai way of doing things.

I agree also...but should the EU carry out their threat it might (just) get their attention

It was followed on October 28 by another message from the EU Office of International Agricultural Affairs to the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, warning that if measures to control IUU fishing are not improved within three months, Thailand’s seafood exports to the EU will be blocked.

Hansgruber. There is a Honda 2015 national sales meeting Wednesday so any new models tend to get announced to dealers then. If you want a Crf 250 then I know former / current TV sponsor Sumet have them in stock. https://m.facebook.com/hondasumetcycle?_rdr

No. I'll be waiting now it's being replaced.

Spontaneous purchase by me and my friend has been averted. We just wanted to go churn some dirt today.

It's still showing in the 2015 line-up so you might have a bit of a wait...

http://powersports.honda.com/2015/crf250l/offroad.aspx

Neilly, KLX and D-Tracker were tempting, but I wanted something I could use on the highway as well for road trips out of the island.

No worries Mig...if you ever switch to a KLX (or CRF) drop me a PM and come out with us

As for road trips...what about Steph Jeavons?

http://www.stephmoto-adventurebikeblog.com/p/blog-page.html

Pity you didn't get a KLX Mig...

Police say they have examined CCTV footage showing the two victims leaving a bar late on Sunday night, walking towards the beach - but they were killed in a hidden spot behind some rocks, and no eyewitnesses have yet been found.

(Jonathan Head http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29225672) - 16 Sept.

Must have missed this. So police have footage of them leaving the bar TOGETHER? Would be helpful if they stated what time. Unless they got it wrong again and the footage was of the other couple they initially said were Hannah and David. So more footage they have chosen not to release. Why? Why have they been so selective in what they have released?

What makes you think you are entitled to it? It's a murder trial, not a media circus, as much as some people would like to make it so.

The evidence will be presented in court, were it can be contested by the defense.

Okay, that's enough, you're off to the 'ignore' list along with a couple of your mates

Islam is a religion that sprung up around the 7th century. Mohamed a sand pirate, said he heard an angel in a cave tell him what to do. Its not ancient.

Since then Islam extremists have been killing people in the name of Mohammed and other nutters claiming to be the genuine chosen prophet. (If you hadn't already guessed, I'm a non- believer)

Islam is intolerant of other religions, unlike other religions which have allowed others to exist freely. The extremists who follow this religion insist no-one should question, just believe. Its incredibly Amish like. These clerics are self styled nutters.

Its not enough to imprison them, however isolated, for however long. They need to be killed like a cancer. They breed more nutters, by being imprisoned they become martyrs.

The punishments should extend to their families and associates, arrest them all and send them all to live in Iran or Indonesia or Saudi Arabia.They seem to enjoy hosting this particular flavor of nutter there. Uproot the family and simply dump them in a Muslim country. Sudan might be a place to start. Send them to the land they all profess to belong to.

Its time to send a clear message, you want to commune with Allah, then the state will let you.

If you think this is too radical, its not a radical as the plans these idiots have got for you.

Black Jack Pershing

Link here, for classifieds

http://property.thaivisa.com/

The page is not very user friendly, nowhere does it list how to have my info printed and then when you do attempt to list, it asks you to choose a region from their list but no Koh Samui to click on. HELP !

I had similar probs not so long ago and had to switch from my normal Firefox browser to IE to get things to work/show correctly

What a crock of shit ... who believes these numbers?

Obviously not a Thai Government Official.....

The number of foreign tourists who visited Thailand in 2014 is down 6.6 percent from the previous year, a Thai government official confirmed

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/789896-2014-tourist-arrivals-to-thailand-drop-by-66-percent/

If I were you I'd just sacrifice one morning ( sleepless anyway) and find out for myself, trying to scout my way to the direction of the cacophony. Then take action. But beware of causing loss of face ;-)

kind of - like - - engage cacophony-finder then lie in wait and pounce?

Hmm. I like this. Good plan. Thanks

Could be a school as a couple of the others have mentioned...if it's Oonrak let me know and I'll ask the daughter to have it turned down for you Rob

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The best investment you will ever make in any legal matters here on Samui, is to fly a BKK lawyer here with a return ticket and accommodation, The end results are far cheaper than dealing with local shonkey monkey "lawyers"

Crusty is pretty spot on . All my trust & illusions of local firms have been shattered.

+1

John

I wish they had of allowed the British to verify the DNA. They didn't. That logically raises doubts.

The fact that they do not appreciate the importance of this to the family, friends, tourists and everyone else I forgot to mention is disturbing to me. If I was in charge I would be very forthright in my approach. Not this charade that's played out.

I thought the families, after speaking with UK investigators, publicly stated something along the lines they are confident in the investigation and in these two being the right people on trial and that there is more evidence that we don't know of and that the social media speculation has been hurtful to them.

Not quite...depends on how much spin you put on "a difficult case to answer"

“From what we have seen, the suspects have a difficult case to answer,” the Miller family wrote. “The evidence against them appears to be powerful and convincing. They must respond to these charges, and their arguments must be considered with the same scrutiny as those of the prosecution.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/11313714/Koh-Tao-murders-suspects-in-killing-of-David-Miller-and-Hannah-Witheridge-say-they-were-framed.html