Posted 2009-01-26 04:06:13
 selftaopath, on 2009-01-23 09:03:06, said:
Is Thailand, in some ways, more advanced than your Home Country?
My home country in America, and my home state it Hawaii - specifically The Big Island. Recently I discovered Thailand is more advanced, in at least one area, than Hawaii.
I wanted to electronically transfer funds from a Bank of Hawaii (BOH) account to a friend’s BOH account. Guess what? BOH clients/customers can not accomplish this. BOH has NO mechanism in place to allow such a simple process/request. Is Hawaii considered a 3rd world country? Should it be? I was somewhat shocked, but in a few moments reflected “That is Hawaii” (TIH). Well the facts remain: In Thailand an individual can electronically transfer funds between accounts and even to other banks. I use Kasikorn Bank here in Thailand. This can not happen in Hawaii.
Can you state an instance where your home country/state is not as advanced as Thailand?
Cheers,
Keoki
IMO, Bangkok has better public transport options and system than my home city(traffic aside).
Posted 2009-01-26 04:45:35
Better roads? I have to disagree comparing to my home country. Back home in Los Angeles everybody complains about the quality of the roads, but compared to Thailand, its like driving on a billiard table, and LA traffic never looked so civilized when compared to Bangkok congestion.
On the other hand, at home I have to pump my own gas and even check my own groceries - while I pay for the privilege. I guess those kind of services aren't "more advanced" but I'd like to think so from the standpoint of providing good service and keeping more money flowing in the economy.
Posted 2009-01-26 05:21:20
it is more civilised
Posted 2009-02-01 15:08:54
Toany, on 2009-01-26 05:21:20, said:
Funny enough I Agree with Toany^^^
Posted 2009-02-02 05:11:45
selftaopath, on 2009-01-23 10:03:06, said: Is Thailand, in some ways, more advanced than your Home Country?
My home country in America, and my home state it Hawaii - specifically The Big Island. Recently I discovered Thailand is more advanced, in at least one area, than Hawaii.
I wanted to electronically transfer funds from a Bank of Hawaii (BOH) account to a friend's BOH account. Guess what? BOH clients/customers can not accomplish this. BOH has NO mechanism in place to allow such a simple process/request. Is Hawaii considered a 3rd world country? Should it be? I was somewhat shocked, but in a few moments reflected "That is Hawaii" (TIH). Well the facts remain: In Thailand an individual can electronically transfer funds between accounts and even to other banks. I use Kasikorn Bank here in Thailand. This can not happen in Hawaii.
Can you state an instance where your home country/state is not as advanced as Thailand?
Cheers,
Keoki
Speaking of banks I thought it was cool I could get a card on the spot and put in my pin code all in 10 min. Would take 5 days and two letters back home.
Posted 2009-02-02 10:17:12
The transport system here is in someays better than Canada. Destinations are announced
before reached making it quite nice for new customers. In Canada forget it. Drivers
here are much more courteous and flexible..often stopping for customers who are not quite at the
bus stop. In the West its all strict rules.
In Korea where I worked there wasnt a week that went by without the bus driver
shouting (Gay Seki - son of a bitch) at some driver he thought was hogging the road.
I have yet to see any traffic disputes here.
Posted 2009-02-02 20:10:10
BugJackBaron, on 2009-02-02 11:17:12, said: The transport system here is in someays better than Canada. Destinations are announced
before reached making it quite nice for new customers. In Canada forget it. Drivers
here are much more courteous and flexible..often stopping for customers who are not quite at the
bus stop. In the West its all strict rules.
In Korea where I worked there wasnt a week that went by without the bus driver
shouting (Gay Seki - son of a bitch) at some driver he thought was hogging the road.
I have yet to see any traffic disputes here.
Agreed the lack of road rage is more civilized!
Posted 2009-02-03 14:18:15
Hilo side is definitely more third world than Thailand 
Posted 2009-02-03 14:37:36
I disagree with the comments about banks. In my experience, US banks are far more advanced than Thai banks. From availability of funds, transfers, opening an account, ATM's, getting 30-year home loans, online banking--well, the list goes on and on.
Thailand used to be far more advanced in the use of cell phones than the US. The first cell phone I ever used was here. I think it hasd to do with the poor wired network. And while Thailand has sinced lagged in its network service, the variety of phones is still much greater than that available in the US.
Semi-universal health care is better than in the US. I am not sure about the quality of care, though.
Bum guns--very civilized!!!!!!
Posted 2009-02-03 15:15:39
In Thailand, the elderly are not - by and large - embarrassing piss-stained annoyances to be shoved off to glorified prisons whilst their ungrateful offspring wait for their inheritance. I think that's a slight advancement on the Western way of dealing with ageing.
Quote Bum guns--very civilized!!!!!!
Amen to that. You can either smear shit all round your sweaty white arse, or you can have one clean enough to perform surgery with. I know which I prefer.
Posted 2009-02-03 16:22:22
Quote one clean enough to perform surgery with. I know which I prefer.
So much I have yet to experience ...  .
Posted 2009-02-03 19:02:57
CINEMA CINEMA CINEMA!!!
We took some Thai friends to a local cinema in Bournemouth, tham main cinema in fact.
The seats were from 1973, cramped, the carper threadbare, the snacks kiosk over priced and limited, rude staff, poor picture quality and dreadful sound.
Some cinemas in London are little better....you can pay Ł15+ for a ticket to the Odeon Leicester Square and still be sitting on seats from 20 years ago.
Some of the cinemas we went to in Bangkok were amazing, those big reclining comfy seats, the blanket and socks (!?!) drinks brought to you, including alcohol just amazing!
Also many of the shopping centres are wonderful and put many in the UK to shame.
The fact that everything is open on a Sunday is a big advantage and you can always buy food, some towns in the uk serve no food.
Posted 2009-02-03 19:27:59
Have never been much for team sports... I know -like a lot of folks on this board, no doubt- my OWN life is way more advanced than a good majority of folks in both my home countries (Thailand and the US) and likely on the entire planet. In the end, unless you somehow get a cut or profit share from the World Cup, Superbowl, Wimbledon, or even the "most advanced nation" cup champion, that's all that really matters.
Posted 2009-02-03 19:41:49
asiancup2007, on 2009-01-24 21:19:59, said: neverdie, on 2009-01-24 08:59:43, said: asiancup2007, on 2009-01-24 00:36:56, said: LED traffic lights with timers
Solar powered traffic signals in the countryside
Better roads, Yes really.
LED traffic lights with timers: Very Dangerous - with these there are motorists in all directions attempting to race timers all into the crunch zone, just wait for the green light, commence stopping on the orange - easy. Ohh and by the way in some cities in Australia they are using LED lights, just without timers.
Yes I know but they are everywhere in Thailand. I think timers are a good idea but the "time" should disappear at say 10 seconds
Solar powered traffic signals in the countryside verses not traffic signals in the countryside. ??????????????
Better roads. Australia is 14.95 times larger than Thailand, yet its population is only 32.08% the size of Thailands.....would you really expect it to have roads built to the same level. Having said that, whilst many of Thailands Highways may be better than in Australia, the rural roads are just as shitttty, it seems the rural people get the raw end of the stick in both countries.
Plently of small countries with sub standard roads. There isn't even a decent road between MelB-Syd-Bris
Of course I didnt notice you talking about the road toll, thats definately one area that thailand is more advanced than your home country on....Yes Thailand kills more people on its roads.  Get real Asiancup
Have a nice day!!!
Dude you got to be joking right?
Are you actually saying the Thai road system say from Bkk to Chang Mai is better than from Melbourne to Sydney?
That statement is absolutely rediculous.
Me thinks you have been in LoS waaaay to long. 
Posted 2009-02-03 20:00:58
ClaytonSeymour, on 2009-01-23 21:31:01, said: selftaopath, on 2009-01-23 09:03:06, said: Can you state an instance where your home country/state is not as advanced as Thailand?
Sunday & Bank Holiday trading i.e. On a Sunday, UK shops are only allowed to open for a maximum of six hours between 10:00 & 18:00. I've always hated Sundays.  Christmas Day - virtually everywhere is closed. Last year it was wonderful wandering around the mall in Korat on Christmas Day.
I don't know if you've been corrected ClaytonSeymour but 10:00 to 18:00 hrs is 8 hrs not 6. Large stores close at 16:00 hrs.
Posted 2009-02-03 20:11:25
tw25rw, on 2009-01-23 17:21:50, said: Had loads of gripes with LloydsTSB in the UK. Haven't used them for a while so I expect they have moved into the 20th century now.
No they're still s#ite, everybody else has stopped using them.
Back on topic.
Bangkok has a sky train and new underground system which very clean and are expanding. London's underground is old, dirty and smelly it's the pits.
John.....
Posted 2009-02-03 20:24:08
tw25rw, on 2009-01-23 17:21:50, said: Had loads of gripes with LloydsTSB in the UK. Haven't used them for a while so I expect they have moved into the 20th century now.
So they're still a hundred years behind? 
Back to the topic, I noticed that the UK is now copying Thailand's policy on cigarettes. Pictures designed to put people off cigarettes are now printed on packets, and also they have stopped cigarettes being put on open display. Both these ideas, I believe originated here. As a lifelong smoker, (from age 11), I think that anything that stops kids starting must be good.
Have to agree with the kasikorn bank complaints, I've been trying to get their k-cyber banking system working for almost a year - absolutely hopeless. Only stay with them 'cos the girl who greets at the door is drop dead gorgeous - but don't tell the missus!
Posted 2009-02-03 20:28:59
TheWalkingMan, on 2009-01-23 18:44:57, said: selftaopath, on 2009-01-23 11:03:06, said: ...I wanted to electronically transfer funds from a Bank of Hawaii (BOH) account to a friend’s BOH account. Guess what? BOH clients/customers can not accomplish this. BOH has NO mechanism in place to allow such a simple process/request...
I think, and this is just my opinion without any research so if it is wrong... big deal. I think that the reason that Asian banks make it easy to transfer money is because, when compared to the USA, check writing never really took off. I don't know if it was a general distrust the locals had for each other or just everyone prefers cash. But if we think of the necessity to move money around, without a generally accepted check writing system, then the next step would be to have a convenient way for funds to be transferred. Hence, we are able to transfer money around Thailand from an ATM.
Is it more advanced? Yes! On the other had we hear stories of people not getting interest on their accounts. Is that more advanced? No. So I can say that yes, there are some things in Thailand that can be considered more advance than some other countries.
TheWalkingMan
There have also been instances (in Thailand) of folk going to the bank to withdraw money only to find that a bank staff member has converted the money to his own use. Sometimes temporarily and sometimes permanently. 
Posted 2009-02-03 20:41:07
johnsurin, on 2009-02-03 20:11:25, said: tw25rw, on 2009-01-23 17:21:50, said: Had loads of gripes with LloydsTSB in the UK. Haven't used them for a while so I expect they have moved into the 20th century now.
No they're still s#ite, everybody else has stopped using them.
Back on topic.
Bangkok has a sky train and new underground system which very clean and are expanding. London's underground is old, dirty and smelly it's the pits.
John.....
Yes, but London built the underground over 50 years ago and it was very advanced for its time, and you can actually travel around London and beyond on the tube.
Total number of stations on the London underground = 275
Total number of stations on the BTS MTS combined = 36
Yes the BTS and MTS look pretty, but they just don't cover the city.
Posted 2009-02-03 20:44:48
Geekfreaklover, on 2009-02-03 20:41:07, said: johnsurin, on 2009-02-03 20:11:25, said: tw25rw, on 2009-01-23 17:21:50, said: Had loads of gripes with LloydsTSB in the UK. Haven't used them for a while so I expect they have moved into the 20th century now.
No they're still s#ite, everybody else has stopped using them.
Back on topic.
Bangkok has a sky train and new underground system which very clean and are expanding. London's underground is old, dirty and smelly it's the pits.
John.....
Yes, but London built the underground over 50 years ago and it was very advanced for its time, and you can actually travel around London and beyond on the tube.
Total number of stations on the London underground = 275
Total number of stations on the BTS MTS combined = 36
Yes the BTS and MTS look pretty, but they just don't cover the city.
If I'm not mistaken it was actually built during Queen Victorias reign and I don't think it has been cleaned since.
John.....
Posted 2009-02-03 20:50:37
WeeGB, on 2009-02-03 20:24:08, said: tw25rw, on 2009-01-23 17:21:50, said: Had loads of gripes with LloydsTSB in the UK. Haven't used them for a while so I expect they have moved into the 20th century now.
So they're still a hundred years behind?
John.....
Posted 2009-02-03 20:51:43
not killing the whole society with ridiculous high taxes!
that's why EU is sinking away and Asia is advancing so fast ...
Posted 2009-02-03 21:34:00
johnsurin, on 2009-02-03 20:44:48, said: Geekfreaklover, on 2009-02-03 20:41:07, said: johnsurin, on 2009-02-03 20:11:25, said: tw25rw, on 2009-01-23 17:21:50, said: Had loads of gripes with LloydsTSB in the UK. Haven't used them for a while so I expect they have moved into the 20th century now.
No they're still s#ite, everybody else has stopped using them.
Back on topic.
Bangkok has a sky train and new underground system which very clean and are expanding. London's underground is old, dirty and smelly it's the pits.
John.....
Yes, but London built the underground over 50 years ago and it was very advanced for its time, and you can actually travel around London and beyond on the tube.
Total number of stations on the London underground = 275
Total number of stations on the BTS MTS combined = 36
Yes the BTS and MTS look pretty, but they just don't cover the city.
If I'm not mistaken it was actually built during Queen Victorias reign and I don't think it has been cleaned since.
John.....
Yes, work was started early 19th C , but the tube as we know and love it was completed mid last century.
so the question is - If I had a transport network that could reach 275 different destinations in a city over a massive area. And you had one that could reach 36 destinations in a city over a very small area (but was very clean and new). Who has the most advanced mode of transport?
There are many ways that Thailand are progressive compared to the west. Bangkok public transport aint one of em.
Posted 2009-02-03 21:41:36
pothai, on 2009-01-23 14:27:16, said: The Thai banking system is centuries ahead of the archaic U.K. system
3 weeks isn't that long and the main reason for the delay is to verify the person in order to try and clamp down on money laundering.
Posted 2009-02-03 21:46:13
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Yes, work was started early 19th C , but the tube as we know and love it was completed mid last century.
so the question is - If I had a transport network that could reach 275 different destinations in a city over a massive area. And you had one that could reach 36 destinations in a city over a very small area (but was very clean and new). Who has the most advanced mode of transport?
There are many ways that Thailand are progressive compared to the west. Bangkok public transport aint one of em.
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London has more stations, I don't/can't disagree with you there. I just think Bangkok's is far more technically advanced, modern and with the MRT expanding all the way to the airport, it is a huge achievement.
John....
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