Coss

Nope, this is Thailand

TAT hopes to present revamped Thailand Elite Card project to Cabinet by end of May

BANGKOK, 16 May 2012 (NNT) – The Thai tourism authority is hopeful to present the revamped Thailand Elite Card project for the Cabinet to review very soon.

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Deputy Governor Wilaiwan Tawitsri said on Tuesday that the TAT’s work on the operational restructuring of Thailand Privilege Card Company Limited (TPC), which is in charge of the Thailand Elite Card project, is nearing completion.

Ms. Wilaiwan stated that the result of the revamp is expected to be ready for presentation to Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister Chumpol Silapa-archa on May 29th.

She said that, by meeting the expected deadline, Mr. Chumpol will be able to present all information for the Cabinet to consider, in hopes of receiving an 80-million-baht emergency budget for the TPC to continue its operation until the end of December 2012.

The TAT Deputy Governor conceded that, if the to-be-proposed project receives a Cabinet approval, a new budget of 200 million baht will likely be acquired to pursue further upgrade of the company.

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Kong, I can only say, good luck and may the powers be with you.

Coss

I have to say, Mr Jobs made a difference to my life, a positive one.

How long before all computers become beige again?

It's a shame that they (surgeons) don't throw in a brain (patients) whilst they there.

A rat's brain should suffice.

But Sarah is comedy, and thereto excusable.

I take no sides in American pollyticks

I just saw a Dateline piece on Michelle Bachmann

What a nutter, or is she deliberately playing to the bottom end of the IQ bell curve?

Rhetorical question, I don't wanna know...

Or would you give him pallets of money?

" housing, training, feeding and paying soldiers themselves. "

already doing it with prisons

iphone app works good

I second that, I've never been but will be doing so in the near future, I'd like the skinny on any bars too, I know there are some, NG tells me so but he's not been on board for a while...

There are bars in Pattaya? Where exactly are they located?

There must be some - but then I'm the wrong person to ask - I only go there for the hookers.

I can tell you how if you've got an oven

Thank you, I enjoy.

I had a very good friend who became an Alabama parole officer after he retired from the Army (military police). He used to talk about how unfair he thought the situation was, since several of his parolees had been locked up for smacking around their wife. But he knew for a fact that the wives sometimes smacked around the husband too. Still, the women very seldom got charged ... only the man.

My cop friend tells me that NZ Police policy is that, "In any domestic incident" lock up the man, no matter what happened or who's at fault.

Practically, this is so the woman can look after any kids etc and to separate the couple.

But fairness? there ain't no f*@%&n fairness!

I raised my eyebrow at an old lesbian masquerading as a hostess on an AirNZ flight once, only to find out that she was a hostess, and I got no more drinks on that flight.

To get away from Crime Stats, here's a post about something else.

The further denigration of the male gender by western women, in this case USA women, so posted here in the USA thread.

I was watching "This Week With Christiane Amanpour" a current affairs program.

And the circle of women were actively discussing the bad decisions men made (any decision) and they used this phrase, "There are a bunch of men together with all the testosterone flowing making bad decisions". This is International TV.

If any man had said "There are a bunch of women together with all the oestrogen flowing making bad decisions".

They would be lynched, at least they'd be pilloried.

And they wonder why men are either wimps or uninterested.

" America would still lead the industrialized world in crime rate...by a significant portion."

 

Also leads the world in Personal Freedom.

 

 

 

That distinction (freedom) is being slowly (and lately not so slow) being eroded. We may end up less free and more violent.

 

So' date=' would we say a higher crime rate is the price of freedom?

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I think so, look at Japan and Singapore, very restrictive regarding personal freedoms, less crime.

 

" America would still lead the industrialized world in crime rate...by a significant portion."

Also leads the world in Personal Freedom.

Not specifically commenting on your post Steve, three things here in NZ are pertinent.

My mate whose SAS, ADS and police background impresses me, told me three things about NZ, in regard to the 100 shots into the car as related above.

1. if all the officers fire and several bullets could be the "one" that killed the suspect, then no "one" officer will wind up in court and have his career ruined.

2. a lot of the time, here in NZ, a very small country, the cops invariably know the suspect is very likely who they've been looking for, so much so that, police chases are routinely abandoned, they just pick the guy up the next day or week or month.

3. and I agree with you about race, the sad thing is that a disproportionate number of Maori are law breakers, that's why pro rata, more are arrested.

BTW (for the avoidance of doubt) my mate is Maori.

An interesting side note: If one considers the argument that a certain minority is discriminated against because their prison population is higher - pro rata, then why doesn't that argument work for women? If they are 50% of the population, why are they not 50 % of the prison population? (tongue in cheek).

My sentiments exactly 146 : 12 : 21

Full and Frank, that's the spirit!

Here's a great discussion on search engines and Facebook. Did you know that these sites track your computer and then tailor the search results of your searches instead of giving you the most important results? You and your friend could type "Korea" in the Google search engine and each get totally different results.

 

Google itself track something like 57 different types of info on you including your I.P. address, what kind of computer you have, and how long you hover over a link.

 

Facebook deleted 2 of the speaker's friends without his asking. The reason: he didn't click on them enough.

 

Google wants to intrude an app called Google Wallet which you track what you spend your money on.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/27/eli_pariser_on_the_filter_bubble

Herein the origin of the phrase "truth by popularity", Popularity is the overriding factor in Google's algorithms.

Good Luck,

My dear good fellow, good luck and may the force be with you