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Thailand further eases entry restrictions for international travellers
huangnon replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Just returned to Thailand on the 1st (Sunday night), using the Thai Pass system. No problem Suvanabhumi end, apart from a queue at the desks, backing up to the escalators. The Emirates desk jockey in UK wasn't clued up with the TP, and kept demanding to see our ASQ hotel booking, vax certs and insurance before issuing our tickets.. Had to call his supervisor to confirm the updated system, as they did not have a scanner to check the Thai Pass QR code. Hopefully, this has been updated asap since.. Might be useful to print out the docs required, or at least screen-shot everything you have on the phone before checking in, as finnicky apps like the Mor Phrom suddenly don't work when you really need to show them also.. ???? -
Um, I complain all the time anyway. ???? If you don't you never get anything. Just got back from a month in the UK. -No masks, fear-mongering, virtue-signaling sanctimonious prats, etc. so you'll have to excuse me.
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Arrogance < just better informed. Thais live in a superstitious world full of irrational fear of intangibles. Ghosts, spirits, rain, etc. ???? Actual / real threats like cancer, head trauma, dangerous driving, diabetes etc are totally ignored by a media and Govt fixated on creating fear and conformance. Thais still think the Omicron variant is akin to necrotizing Ebola, <deleted>. Why would you care what they think? They don't, period.
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Just spent a month in the UK. -England now fully mask / fear-free, and Scotland to follow. People getting on with their lives again, and for the most part seems like Covid never happened, other than the faded distancing stickers still in shops and banks, etc.. Surprising what a little press / media freedom can do for a country. -Boris and his Govt getting caught out and reported for breaking all their own rules, and thus having to repeal them . Makes one wonder if they were just arbitrary in the first place, tbh? Now back to Facemask Central SEA. ???? Whoopty-doo.
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Songkran exodus: RTP set 5% accident reduction target
huangnon replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Yep. I remember driving up an empty Expressway years ago at Songkran. It was eerie, tbh. ???? Zombie Holocaust type scenario. -
Low Immunity May Cause Pita’s Repeated COVID Infection
huangnon replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
"In about one month".. Bizarre statement, and not a little sinister. Sounds like a threat, tbh. -
Government Expresses Concern Over Dengue Fever and Summer Thunderstorms
huangnon replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Covid is tapering off into endemic status. We quickly need another totem for fear and loathing. -
No. They were all deemed to be "dictators" and "extremists" as they wanted to trade oil (and other commodities) in other currencies than the USD, and not be controlled by debt. Yet, countries like Saudi Arabia, with horrendous human rights, and the very antithesis of any "democracy" is perfectly okay.
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Exactly. Where was all the self-righteous outrage and virtue signalling when the sovereign invasions and regime-changes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc. happened? Mainstream media called it "liberation" and no one blinked an eye.
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Government Confirms Songkran Celebrations to Proceed Next Month
huangnon replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
All "Young Leaders" from the World Economic Forum. -
Government Confirms Songkran Celebrations to Proceed Next Month
huangnon replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
The UK had to set an example, because it's Government, led by lying Boris got caught out flagrantly breaking all their own Covid rules and restrictions. The critical press caused a public backlash that forced Boris to then cancel those same restrictions. Makes you wonder if all those laws that could be instantly repealed for political reasons weren't just stupid and arbitrary in the first place.? Still, that's what is achievable when you have a free(ish) press and independent media. -
Fire erupts at luxury Koh Kut resort, celebrities have narrow escapes
huangnon replied to webfact's topic in Eastern Thailand
I bet they had an updated insurance policy though. -
Thailand has ”all of March” to avoid new Covid restrictions
huangnon replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Ending of Covid restrictions started with Boris in the UK, basically because him and Cabinet of hypocrites got caught out flouting every rule they had imposed on the nation. So it was basically 'political' to end these restrictions, which begs a question; were they totally arbitrary in the first place? And then you have Thailand's bunch of military cronies.. Hanging on to any little bit of power they can, because they lack the education, intelligence and vision to take the country forwards. Snouts too deep in the trough to see over it. -
US urged to stop importing fishing nets from Thailand
huangnon replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Fun fact (off topic slightly) : Discarded fishing nets are by far the biggest plastic polluter in the world's oceans. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report -
Marine Department to propose revocation of SPRC’s operating license
huangnon replied to snoop1130's topic in Eastern Thailand
Rattling sabres to up the ante for a bigger payoff. If SPRC shuts down, a lot of downstream industries (plastics and petrochem) will be severely impacted also.