Pattaya's Coronavirus Cock-up: Chaos on first day of lockdown as leaders scurry for rethink

[Benmart]

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Back to the Drawing board

Most likely without chalk or whiteboard pen.

[vlietje]

45 minutes ago, Mung said:

if this country had a climate of -5 to 5 degrees Celsius, not only would road deaths be higher than the already outrageous figures, but the country would have been decimated by this virus by now through their haphazard thinking and shoddy planning; not to mention the greedy intention of letting in tens of thousands of Chinese tourists throughout January and February 

then Thailand wouldn't have 65 million citizens, no way they could have planned for winters, they are so lucky it is always warm here.....

 

[CLW]

I think at the end of the health and economic crisis there is enough material for an evening-filling comedy movie

[Walter Travolta]

4 hours ago, Matzzon said:

So, blaming Thailand and the way things work again. Seems to be all you can do. If you are going to continue with that, a good advice is to study the facts before.

Can you tell me what government that offers a relief for loss of work, includes the illegal part of that sector? If there is anybody to blame, that blame should fall on the people that offer these people unregistered work. They should be held responsible to pay compensation to the people that they throw away.

Who do you want him to blame for things that go wrong in Thailand? Bolivia?

 

[Walter Travolta]

4 hours ago, steve187 said:

no really worth worrying about is it, unless your wife, husband,  mother or father is one of the 1-2

Quite correct. A person died on the M5 on Jan 2nd 2020, did you worry about that fatality too? 

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, Toany said:

They will have to sort things quickly.  The airports of Wuhan are open again.  Soon there will be hordes of Chinese trying to enter Pattaya.

And the Chinese expertise in "rapid" construction, not hospitals as in Wuhan, but CASINOS to bring in urgently needed cash!

[Surasak]

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Back to the Drawing board

Did they have one to begin with?

[Georgie65]

Turn out the lights, the party's over! Who wants to buy a bar??? LMFAO!!!!!!!

[Airbagwill]

yet another dictum in place of deduction.

[outsider]

Par for the course. And it is not a 'rethink', since no thought went into it in the first place! What a bunch of bumbling dummies.

[Walter Travolta]

52 minutes ago, steve73 said:

..and before anyone says that they shouldn't be making up fatlity figures, I'm guessing that's what they're doing already.

Can you not see what is wrong with this statement? 

You're guessing about them guessing!! A great way to get to the facts haha

[Surasak]

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

No big deal! Mistakes happens. This is not a normal situation, and many of the persons planning this, is doing this for the first time and hopefully once in their life time. I am sure they will fix it and make it work. Everybody can make mistakes.

"Everybody can make mistakes". Quite true, but the person who never made a mistake, never made anything, and therein lies the problem.

[Suradit69]

6 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

When a good result is commensurate with thoughtful planning, and a disaster with little or none, this was to be expected. 

What's really needed is more pompous flatulence. Thanks for your contribution.

[AhFarangJa]

A new addition on an old saying..............

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.................................

Politicians of Pattaya Proper Planning Prevents <deleted> Poor Performance.......

[thaikahuna]

Hold my beer....

[LarryLEB]

Imbeciles should be recognized formally at an annual nation-wide awards event and be presented with a statuette, like at the Oscars. Broadcast the event live on television to face/name-shame the winners and runners-up.

[Kerryd]

2 minutes ago, thaikahuna said:

Hold my beer....

Better hang onto it yourself - in case they decide to ban liquor sales as well !

Besides, "Hold my som tam" may be more appropriate !

[ReLo]

there will be a full 24 hours curfew for SONGKRAN, be ready...

 

 

[Chongalulu]

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

No big deal! Mistakes happens. This is not a normal situation, and many of the persons planning this, is doing this for the first time and hopefully once in their life time. I am sure they will fix it and make it work. Everybody can make mistakes.

Except they continue to make same predictable mistakes time after time in whatever field,never learning. There appears to be a genetic deficiency of foresight. This stems back to officials not being in their position through merit,but by nepotism or corruption.

[Walter Travolta]

Maybe they could have used the tolls to check paperwork? The amount of traffic would have still been the same though and I realise the idea was to control a smaller zone which I thought was a bit hopeful anyway. Widen the area of movement, less cops required and less traffic over a wider area due to people staying in their own areas??

 

[DerThaiPin]

Thailand, its traffic rules and their enforcement ... ???? 555

[ronnie round head]

7 hours ago, Toany said:

They will have to sort things quickly.  The airports of Wuhan are open again.  Soon there will be hordes of Chinese trying to enter Pattaya.

what and bring more viruses with them and as pattaya got enough rats and bats to feed them

[skorp13]

Re-Think??? When did they think at all? This was a debacle from the beginning!

[Matzzon]

8 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

Except they continue to make same predictable mistakes time after time in whatever field,never learning. There appears to be a genetic deficiency of foresight. This stems back to officials not being in their position through merit,but by nepotism or corruption.

Like in almost every other country them. Just that it´s more out in the open here and visible to the naked eye.

[Matzzon]

31 minutes ago, Surasak said:

"Everybody can make mistakes". Quite true, but the person who never made a mistake, never made anything, and therein lies the problem.

There you did a good job in degrading the nation. Have you by chance choosed to stay and live here. In that case why?

[thailand49]

As of 3 pm I went by checkpoint 1-2-3, it was abandon no one in sight of the tents all the barriers were now removed are we finished with all this nonsense Governor! 

[tifino]

the most relevant method of ensuring that traffic kept moving quickly; is to situate Red Traffic lights all along the road

[Matzzon]

1 hour ago, Walter Travolta said:

Who do you want him to blame for things that go wrong in Thailand? Bolivia?

 

When did I post anything about that? I just made it clear that no other government will pay relief for lost work if it was not a registered income either. Basically saying that Thailand is not doing wrong compared to other nations or, if you wish, that almost all countries would do the same.

[geisha]

1 hour ago, natway09 said:

But why are all those private cars on the road anyway ?

Exactly !! You shouldn’t be out driving around unless you have a special delivery / doctor/ frontline worker authorization !!! Why can’t the people understand ?

[Greg O]

Just a petite faux paus it's time to send in Inspector Jaques Clouceau...