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A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand
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Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
Hi
Is is true that one should avoid street food when in Thailand?
Please advise.
Hi
Is is true that one should avoid street food when in Thailand?
Please advise.
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Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
Generally safe la but confirm delicious. Try to eat where there is a crowd.
Generally safe la but confirm delicious. Try to eat where there is a crowd.
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Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
That sounds like good advice. Trust the locals!
That sounds like good advice. Trust the locals!
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Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
Thais are pretty particular with their food, unhygienic and not tasty cannot survive long on the streets of Bangkok.
Thais are pretty particular with their food, unhygienic and not tasty cannot survive long on the streets of Bangkok.
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Digress a bit outside LOS. Just read this Jakarta piece on hooha with 82 bucks to get #2 wife :p
82 fee for 2nd wife irks Indonesia
Published: 16 Oct 2014 at 16.08 Online news: AsiaWriter: dpa .-
+ JAKARTA — Indonesia's Religious Affairs Ministry on Thursday urged a local government to revoke a law requiring civil servants to pay $82 to take a second wife.
The East Lombok district on Lombok island recently issued a regulation requiring civil servants to pay 1 million rupiah before they can marry another woman, in a move it said was aimed at discouraging polygamy.
An entourage accompanies the bride and the groom in a traditional wedding procession in Lombok on Oct 15. An Indonesian district in east Lombok has ordered male civil servants to pay one million rupiah ($82) to marry a second wife to crack down on polygamy, but activists criticised it as a "crazy" bid to profit from the practice. (AFP photo)
"They should revoke the law," said the ministry's head of Islamic guidance, Muhammadiyah Amin. "They can't just make regulations like that because there's already a regulation on the matter."
A man can marry more than one woman in Indonesia under certain conditions, including getting permission from his first wife. Civil servants are allowed to get a second wife if they also have permission from their superiors.
East Lombok district chief Ali bin Dahlan defended the law, saying it protects women.
"If I had not issued the regulation, it's easy for them [men] to engage in polygamy," Dahlan was quoted as saying by the Kompas.com news website. "Now it's difficult and I have also refused to give permission."
Islamic rules allows a man to have up to four wives, provided that he can treat them fairly.
82 fee for 2nd wife irks Indonesia
Published: 16 Oct 2014 at 16.08 Online news: AsiaWriter: dpa .-
+ JAKARTA — Indonesia's Religious Affairs Ministry on Thursday urged a local government to revoke a law requiring civil servants to pay $82 to take a second wife.
The East Lombok district on Lombok island recently issued a regulation requiring civil servants to pay 1 million rupiah before they can marry another woman, in a move it said was aimed at discouraging polygamy.
An entourage accompanies the bride and the groom in a traditional wedding procession in Lombok on Oct 15. An Indonesian district in east Lombok has ordered male civil servants to pay one million rupiah ($82) to marry a second wife to crack down on polygamy, but activists criticised it as a "crazy" bid to profit from the practice. (AFP photo)
"They should revoke the law," said the ministry's head of Islamic guidance, Muhammadiyah Amin. "They can't just make regulations like that because there's already a regulation on the matter."
A man can marry more than one woman in Indonesia under certain conditions, including getting permission from his first wife. Civil servants are allowed to get a second wife if they also have permission from their superiors.
East Lombok district chief Ali bin Dahlan defended the law, saying it protects women.
"If I had not issued the regulation, it's easy for them [men] to engage in polygamy," Dahlan was quoted as saying by the Kompas.com news website. "Now it's difficult and I have also refused to give permission."
Islamic rules allows a man to have up to four wives, provided that he can treat them fairly.
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Hazy morning in northern Jakarta now, 7am. Video taken from two angles first part shows main the sea direction normal non hazy period could see very far out of the sea.
[video=youtube;WJYShVA2XRE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJYShVA2XRE[/video]
Hazy morning in northern Jakarta now, 7am. Video taken from two angles first part shows main the sea direction normal non hazy period could see very far out of the sea.
[video=youtube;WJYShVA2XRE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJYShVA2XRE[/video]
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Search me. Gratis? :p
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I'm here, could check and confirm for you, interested?
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Got budget for 4 (max). As for side dish, pay through my nose I guess :p
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Your quota well exceeded liao. Only the proverbial virgins after your suicide bomb :p
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Today's critical commentary at thai (political) mango's big hoohah over procurement for over priced Bosch mikes and video equipment in parliament. Now "muted"?
Another 'honest mistake', really?
Bangkok Post Published: 17/10/2014 at 01:24 PM
Over a decade ago the Constitutional Court famously found that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an "honest mistake" in finding him not guilty of assets concealment by a vote of 8:7. Two of the eight votes which ruled Thaksin not guilty in 2001 came from sitting judges who abstained from voting.
And now we have another memorable quote. This time from Gen Anantaporn Kanchanarat, chairman of the committee charged with following up and examining government agencies' expenditure and who heads the panel investigating the overpriced-microphones controvery.
The general said the inquiry did not find any irregularity in the procurement of the excessively priced microphones and the wall television sets, except for the way-too-high prices.
He explained that those responsible for the procurement -- in this case the Department of Public Works, Town and Country Planning -- had "good intentions" in their rush to have the fancy, ultra high-tech microphones and television sets installed in the cabinet room and a few other meeting rooms at Government House.
PM's Office Minister ML Panadda Diskul shows off the overpriced Bosch microphones installed in the cabinet meeting room at Government House on Sept 4, 2014 (Post Today photo).
The department was tasked with the renovation of Government House, which was said to be in poor condition after it was illegally occupied by anti-government protesters. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had moved cabinet meetings to army headquarters pending completion of the work.
Although Prime Minister Prayut said after Gen Anantaporn’s "good intentions" remark that the investigation was not yet over, the tone of the investigating panel chief's comment makes it clear that it will have a happy ending. That is, the cabinet have their new toys, albeit at half the originally quoted cost, and no one is guilty because all who were involved, particularly the Department of Public Works, Town and Country Planning, had "good intentions".
I wonder what actually defines "good intentions". Good intentions towards the country? Or is it more simply a desire to appease the generals in the cabinet?
What is of major concern is the implications of this case toward other cases of suspected corruption, if "good intentions" can be used as an acceptable excuse without taking into consideration other factors such as excessive prices, the proper procedure that must be followed including open bidding, the setting of median prices, negotiations and contract signing.
This particular purchase broke all the procurement rules. There was no open bidding, no price negotiation, no median price and no contract signing. These pricey gadgets were installed bypassing all the rules. It was uncovered only when reporters at Government House were given a tour to view the progress of the renovations.
I beg to disagree with Gen Anantaporn acceptance of "good intentions". The difference in the prices quoted by the supplier and the actual market prices were not small at all, but excessive – a sort of one-time strike at the heads of the buyers.
The 60 inch television set was quoted at 520,000 baht, whereas a television of similar specifications can be bought for 70,000-100,000 baht, and the price of each microphone was quoted at 140,000 baht, whereas the price for the same product quoted on the supplier’s website was 70,000 baht.
The whole concept of equipping the renovated Government House with high-priced sophisticated equipment, for instance the same type of microphones used in the White House, is wrong given the economic situation in the country and the hardships facing people in the farming sector. We are not as rich as the US, which can print dollars at will.
And if the government wants people to get behind the concept of a sufficiency economy while the country is struggling economically, then it should set a model example first - a model others would feel encouraged to follow
Another 'honest mistake', really?
Bangkok Post Published: 17/10/2014 at 01:24 PM
Over a decade ago the Constitutional Court famously found that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an "honest mistake" in finding him not guilty of assets concealment by a vote of 8:7. Two of the eight votes which ruled Thaksin not guilty in 2001 came from sitting judges who abstained from voting.
And now we have another memorable quote. This time from Gen Anantaporn Kanchanarat, chairman of the committee charged with following up and examining government agencies' expenditure and who heads the panel investigating the overpriced-microphones controvery.
The general said the inquiry did not find any irregularity in the procurement of the excessively priced microphones and the wall television sets, except for the way-too-high prices.
He explained that those responsible for the procurement -- in this case the Department of Public Works, Town and Country Planning -- had "good intentions" in their rush to have the fancy, ultra high-tech microphones and television sets installed in the cabinet room and a few other meeting rooms at Government House.
PM's Office Minister ML Panadda Diskul shows off the overpriced Bosch microphones installed in the cabinet meeting room at Government House on Sept 4, 2014 (Post Today photo).
The department was tasked with the renovation of Government House, which was said to be in poor condition after it was illegally occupied by anti-government protesters. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had moved cabinet meetings to army headquarters pending completion of the work.
Although Prime Minister Prayut said after Gen Anantaporn’s "good intentions" remark that the investigation was not yet over, the tone of the investigating panel chief's comment makes it clear that it will have a happy ending. That is, the cabinet have their new toys, albeit at half the originally quoted cost, and no one is guilty because all who were involved, particularly the Department of Public Works, Town and Country Planning, had "good intentions".
I wonder what actually defines "good intentions". Good intentions towards the country? Or is it more simply a desire to appease the generals in the cabinet?
What is of major concern is the implications of this case toward other cases of suspected corruption, if "good intentions" can be used as an acceptable excuse without taking into consideration other factors such as excessive prices, the proper procedure that must be followed including open bidding, the setting of median prices, negotiations and contract signing.
This particular purchase broke all the procurement rules. There was no open bidding, no price negotiation, no median price and no contract signing. These pricey gadgets were installed bypassing all the rules. It was uncovered only when reporters at Government House were given a tour to view the progress of the renovations.
I beg to disagree with Gen Anantaporn acceptance of "good intentions". The difference in the prices quoted by the supplier and the actual market prices were not small at all, but excessive – a sort of one-time strike at the heads of the buyers.
The 60 inch television set was quoted at 520,000 baht, whereas a television of similar specifications can be bought for 70,000-100,000 baht, and the price of each microphone was quoted at 140,000 baht, whereas the price for the same product quoted on the supplier’s website was 70,000 baht.
The whole concept of equipping the renovated Government House with high-priced sophisticated equipment, for instance the same type of microphones used in the White House, is wrong given the economic situation in the country and the hardships facing people in the farming sector. We are not as rich as the US, which can print dollars at will.
And if the government wants people to get behind the concept of a sufficiency economy while the country is struggling economically, then it should set a model example first - a model others would feel encouraged to follow
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Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
I saw some grilled seafood being sold streetside near the Siam station but have not tried.
I saw some grilled seafood being sold streetside near the Siam station but have not tried.
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Who are you? The real but retired Alamaking's clone or a kinky SBF member? You really in Bangkok?
Who are you? The real but retired Alamaking's clone or a kinky SBF member? You really in Bangkok?
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are there any viet restaurants in los or sg serving bun ho hue, a rich, spicy, delicious bowl of "laksa" noodles in special reddish pho broth, considered too spicy hot for most vietnamese?
are there any viet restaurants in los or sg serving bun ho hue, a rich, spicy, delicious bowl of "laksa" noodles in special reddish pho broth, considered too spicy hot for most vietnamese?
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with lime, lemon grass and chili, it reminds me of penang laksa or mee siam mai hum with the larger rounder rice noodles. vietnamese equivalent of mee siam or sg laksa. it cums with pig blood and pork knuckles.
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