Thailand misses good opportunity to show its humanity

[Thomas J]

I guess I don't understand the "double standard"  There were not definitive cases of Coronavirus on the ship but they banned it and its passengers.  To the best of my knowledge they are still allowing flights into Thailand from China and not banning those passengers.  If Thailand was exercising caution it would seem that there is a greater risk with the flights from China with passengers staying in Thailand then passengers who were going to immediately fly out of the country. 

[robertson468]

Not only has Thailand shown it's inhumanity regarding the Cruise Ship, but also the behaviour of "Our Leader" at the recent mass killings in Korat was beyond caring or diplomatic.  I believe he should have been censored in Parlaiment for his irrational and deemeaning behavour when he visited the site.  Poor Thailand.

[mickey rat]

Meanwhile, open door policy to all flights from China. ???? 

[dcnx]

They’ve shown their true face, and it’s not a smile.

[smiggley]

Yet they allow the Chinese to keep coming.

[smiggley]

What happens to the cruise ship after all passengers leave? The crew are still on board and no other ports will let them dock.

[sammieuk1]

One could conclude everything is not 100% under control ????

[RJRS1301]

11 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

One could conclude everything is not 100% under control ????

Oh cynical you????????

[White Christmas13]

5 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Oh, now there is some element of mystery... Yah think?

Are you back tracking now from your original post?

If they were in a UK port you think they would all be let off and welcomed with open arms?

 

 

Like they do with the Chinese in Thailand?

[lensta]

If they haven't closed their borders to Chinese and anyone that has been to China recently, then why bother to not allow this ship to dock?

[Enoon]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Daft thing is, that if the ship docks somewhere soon, all the people on it can quite freely fly into a Thai airport without an issue !

 

1000's more doing that (and overland) every day this absurd attempt to appear constructively proactive continues.

 

No more than a propaganda exercise, to appease the ignorant and panic stricken, who lack the wit and intelligence to recognise that contradiction.

 

An exercise that seems to be working on a few, equally "restricted", TVF members.

 

 

 

[Caldera]

Just turning them away with a few supplies makes Thailand look bad, just like when the navy - allegedly - throws a few water bottles on a Rohingya refugee boat and tows it back to sea.

 

If they had a strict policy to shut the borders in their fight against the virus, that decision would at least be consistent. But no, they continue to let all and sundry in at airports across the country.

[Grumpy John]

All the Thai resources to combat this virus thing will be needed in short order.  Giving it away,  or selling it,  isn't the best thing to do. Let the rich folk on the ship fork out from their own pocket for what they need...preferably in a land far far away.

[BobbyL]

3 hours ago, Thian said:

They could have ordered holland to send an empty plane, let the cruise dock, all guests in the bus, drive it straight to the plane, push them in the plane and wave goodbye....

They would need to send more than one plane for all the guests. I doubt Holland will be covering the costs of 10 or more planes flying here and back. 

[trainman34014]

Solly; no money in Humanity !

[chinostar]

None on board are affected, but Chinese tourists enter Thailand without any problem. 

[robsamui]

The subject of the original post above, in a nutshell, discloses the essence of Thai administrative thinking: 
 

"How can we show the world outside that we are caring?"
"How can we show the world that we are fair?"
"How can we show the world that we are welcoming?"
"How can we show the world that we are humane?"

 

And instead of actually being humane and doing humane things, there needs to be innumerable committee and sub-committee meetings to discuss how to look humane (etc etc) in press releases and media clips and photo calls.

 

The headline says it all - by being naturally inhumane, the nation missed a great opportunity to . . . "show its humanity."

 

EDIT: OOPS I missed out "consistent". And the way to look totally contradictory is to ban one cruise ship from docking whilst still welcoming Chinese tourists (with free visa incentives) at the airport. More committee meetings on "How can we show the world that we are consistent?" needed in a hurry, I think.

 

 

[metisdead]

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[timendres]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Writing on Facebook today, he described the Thai government’s decision not to allow a cruise ship to dock at Laem Chabang deep-sea port in Chon Buri province as “cruel and inhumane”, after the ship had already been turned away from the Philippines, Japan and Guam.

Cruel and inhumane is needlessly infecting potentially hundreds of thousands of citizens if this ship is harboring infected passengers. Unless they can be 100% certain, they should not be taking the risk.

[spidermike007]

Why can anyone, including any Chinese tourist fly into Thailand, with no restrictions other than those coming from the epicenter, yet a cruise ship without one documented individual case of infection be turned away?

 

Asking for a kind, humanitarian offering from this administration, is like asking Hun Sen to treat his people with kindness, fairness and dignity, or like asking Suu Kyi to be objective about the Rohinga issue. 

[KruZik]

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Why can anyone, including any Chinese tourist fly into Thailand, with no restrictions other than those coming from the epicenter, yet a cruise ship without one documented individual case of infection be turned away?

 

Asking for a kind, humanitarian offering from this administration, is like asking Hun Sen to treat his people with kindness, fairness and dignity, or like asking Suu Kyi to be objective about the Rohinga issue. 

Completely agree. It makes no sense, weeks after allowing thousands of Chinese air passengers to arrive without impediment, to refuse the ship permission to dock. It's hard to view this with anything other than cynicism.

[Letseng]

17 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Do they the capacity to quarantine and monitor the passengers?

Not allowing them to leave the ship in a port, is as awful them being sent back to sea. Seems like a no win situation.

Where was the ship from?

Any diagnosed cases on board?

 

Ship route did not include Thailand. Because others said No, ship decided to head for Laem Chabang. American company but Guam rejected them. Why should Thailand have the hassle?

Why did they take on more pax in Hongkong?

 

 

[Woolsgibb60]

11 hours ago, Letseng said:

Ship route did not include Thailand. Because others said No, ship decided to head for Laem Chabang. American company but Guam rejected them. Why should Thailand have the hassle?

Why did they take on more pax in Hongkong?

 

 

We only want Chinese here  they are how good friends who spend lots lots of money 

[spidermike007]

15 hours ago, KruZik said:

Completely agree. It makes no sense, weeks after allowing thousands of Chinese air passengers to arrive without impediment, to refuse the ship permission to dock. It's hard to view this with anything other than cynicism.

And they were beaten by Hun Sen. A serial killing, felonious thief, multi billionaire madman makes Thailand look morally bankrupt and totally heartless. How is that for a story? 

 

This could have been a PR coup for the helpless army. If only they had eyes to see.

[spidermike007]

15 hours ago, Letseng said:

Ship route did not include Thailand. Because others said No, ship decided to head for Laem Chabang. American company but Guam rejected them. Why should Thailand have the hassle?

Why did they take on more pax in Hongkong?

 

 

Good optics. A PR opportunity for the administration, which is suffering from a barrage of hatred and criticism from all quarters. 

 

Or maybe just because it was the right thing to do?

[BritManToo]

19 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Asking for a kind, humanitarian offering from this administration, is like asking Hun Sen to treat his people with kindness, fairness and dignity, or like asking Suu Kyi to be objective about the Rohinga issue. 

Easy answer, Hun Sen hates his own peasants, but is OK with white folk

Thai government loves Chinese but hates white people.

 

I'm OK with Cambodia, worst that's happened to me was an immigration officer wanting 100bht for doing his job.

Not so happy with Thailand, where a Chiang Mai immigration officer wanted 25,000bht for doing his job.

[CGW]

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Or maybe just because it was the right thing to do?

Exactly, people forget that we are humans who are supposed to show compassion, empathy and dare I say it empathy & love to our fellow human beings, what we have become is rather sad!

[ThaiBunny]

2 minutes ago, CGW said:

Exactly, people forget that we are humans who are supposed to show compassion, empathy and dare I say it empathy & love to our fellow human beings, what we have become is rather sad!

And you still believe that after 5894 posts on TV?

[CGW]

 

 

[BritManToo]

11 minutes ago, CGW said:

Exactly, people forget that we are humans who are supposed to show compassion, empathy and dare I say it empathy & love to our fellow human beings, what we have become is rather sad!

We aren't talking about us, or humanity,

the subject is Thailand, a country which is driven by greed, envy and malice.

If you don't agree with everything they say, you're likely to be put in an oil drum and burned alive.