Elections in Thailand

[PANICOS]

just had a call from a very closed lb of mine that due to sundays elections
all bars & clubs in bkk will be closed only on suturday,friday open and sunday again. I dont know if the same is for pattaya.

[Bicycle Pump]

You'd think by now that they would have seperated the obviously tourist areas and allowed the bars to stay open, but...

TIT!

[rxpharm]

Yes, true, but I think there could be worse things happening to the bars should Pheu Thai win. It was under Thaksin's rule that crackdowns were starting on the bars - earlier closing times, etc. Thaksin has proclaimed Yingluck as his "clone", so if they win, Thais should expect the same kinds of policies that Thaksin had implemented.

[TEXASMAC]

Wow Difficult Election Times



BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's community of "ladyboys" complained on Wednesday they were being marginalized in next week's general election because their ID card pictures were too confusing for polling officials.

It is the latest in a series of gripes among members of the Trans-Female Association of Thailand which groups transgenders and transsexuals known collectively as "katoeys" or "ladyboys."

"We have a big problem when we use our identity cards in banks, schools, hospitals and now when we vote," said Yollada Suanyoc, president of the 2,500-strong organization.

"The picture may show a woman but it says 'mister' on the card. Or the picture may show a teenage boy and the person now looks like a woman."

Everyone in Thailand has to carry a national ID card with them at all times from the age of 15. It is renewed every seven years