Thailand's Uyghur refugee problem, local airfare price explosion : Tim Newton Today - Feb 22

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February 22, 20233 yr

Thailand is being forced to address its Uyghur refugee problem with a death in the notorious Bangkok Immigration Detention Centre (link below), local airfares are sky-rocketing at the moment, Chinese tour groups are slow to return to Thailand, Scoot introduces new 'regional jet' to fleet, Thai government funds new armoured pick-ups, good news for Netflix watches.

Link to Uyghur death story in Bangkok from the BBC...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-6...

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Tim Newton Today is a daily, independent look at Thai and south East Asian regional news.

February 22, 20233 yr

Hey Tim, what time of day do you usually do your week day presentations? Just curious.

Harvey Marshall, Alberta Canada

February 22, 20233 yr

Tim the story of Embraer E190 E2 aircraft have smaller overhead bin sizes than a Boeing 737 or the air bus aircraft.

Just my observation of these aircraft.

Harvey M

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