sigh, nice country destroyed, thought thais always peace loving, nice country, stay neutral during ww2... what happen now? so sad.. all because of POWER & INFLUENCE

if one loves the country so much, shld stop the nonsense and use of power and return peace to the country

L.....      ( Date: 19-May-2010 17:22) Posted: so much turmoil, spoil bkk... no more taking budget flight, good massage and good food   May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Thai security forces backed by armored vehicles surrounded a protest camp in central Bangkok, forcing its leaders to surrender and ending a six-week standoff that roiled the country and killed more than 60 people. “We want all protesters to leave using the transportation we’re providing,” army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd, said in a televised broadcast. “We completely control the area.” Sporadic gunfire and explosions continued to rock the area as protest leaders were escorted from the camp’s main stage to a nearby police station. Angry protesters shot out windows and set fires in the Central World and Siam Paragon shopping malls, Channel 9 television footage showed. The Red Shirt demonstrators, who view Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s rule as illegitimate, drew thousands of mainly rural supporters to the encampment, underscoring a widening class divide. Reports of disturbances today in northeast Thailand, where many protesters came from, indicate that political reconciliation may be difficult to achieve. “We will continue to fight for democracy; this is not our day,” Nattawut Saikuar, one of several Red Shirt leaders, said when he arrived at the police station, in comments broadcast by TNN News. “We have been trying to do our best for the country to be truly owned by the people.” Political Turmoil Street battles in the past week between security forces and demonstrators contributed to Thailand’s deadliest political turmoil in almost two decades. Today’s clashes killed four people including an Italian journalist, said Petchpong Kumjornkijjakarn, head of Bangkok’s medical emergency unit. Nattawut and fellow activist Jatuporn Prompam told supporters from the main stage that they decided to surrender to avoid further bloodshed. Kasikornbank Pcl, Thailand’s third-biggest bank by assets, said a fire broke out at a branch on Rama IV Road near the main protest area. The Bank of Thailand ordered all financial institutions in the capital to close at 1 p.m. because of security concerns, it said in a statement. The benchmark SET Index rose 0.7 percent before closing for the day at the morning break. The baht fell 0.1 percent. Red shirt supporters set fire to a city hall in Udon Thani Province in northeast Thailand, INN News reported. In northeast Khon Kaen, protesters broke into the city hall to demand an end to the military assault in Bangkok, Channel 3 TV said. Thakin Connection Exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, to whom many of the protesters express loyalty, earlier called for direct talks between the government and rally organizers. “After today the divisions in the country will get even deeper,” said Michael Nelson, a visiting scholar at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University. “How can you have a stable political system when two large areas of the country are no-go zones for the two major political parties?” Many demonstrators are loyal to Thaksin, a 60-year-old billionaire who won over the poor in the northeast of the country by giving them cheap health care and loans. The demonstrators, angered by one of Asia’s widest income gaps, say Abhisit, 45, embodies a privileged class of military officers, judges bureaucrats and royal advisers that sits above the law. Thaksin, who was ousted by the Thai army in 2006, fled the country in 2008 before a court sentenced him to two years in prison for helping his wife buy land from the government while still in power. King Bhumibol Since 1946, when King Bhumibol Adulyadej took the Thai throne as an 18-year-old, Thailand has seen nine coups and more than 20 prime ministers. Only two of 17 constitutions since absolute monarchy ended in 1932 have mandated parliaments that are entirely elected. The king, who is revered across the nation, has been in hospital since Sept. 19 and hasn’t spoken publicly about the current demonstrations. Abhisit’s party hasn’t won the most seats in a nationwide vote since 1992. He was picked by legislators in December 2008 after a court dissolved the pro-Thaksin ruling party for election fraud. The decision coincided with the seizure of Bangkok’s airports by protesters wearing yellow shirts who oppose Thaksin. iPunter      ( Date: 19-May-2010 17:12) Posted: It's better to sideline until the picture is clearer... Esp. Thailand... Don't be impulsive...

so much turmoil, spoil bkk... no more taking budget flight, good massage and good food

May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Thai security forces backed by armored vehicles surrounded a protest camp in central Bangkok, forcing its leaders to surrender and ending a six-week standoff that roiled the country and killed more than 60 people.

“We want all protesters to leave using the transportation we’re providing,” army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd, said in a televised broadcast. “We completely control the area.”

Sporadic gunfire and explosions continued to rock the area as protest leaders were escorted from the camp’s main stage to a nearby police station. Angry protesters shot out windows and set fires in the Central World and Siam Paragon shopping malls, Channel 9 television footage showed.

The Red Shirt demonstrators, who view Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s rule as illegitimate, drew thousands of mainly rural supporters to the encampment, underscoring a widening class divide. Reports of disturbances today in northeast Thailand, where many protesters came from, indicate that political reconciliation may be difficult to achieve.

“We will continue to fight for democracy; this is not our day,” Nattawut Saikuar, one of several Red Shirt leaders, said when he arrived at the police station, in comments broadcast by TNN News. “We have been trying to do our best for the country to be truly owned by the people.”

Political Turmoil

Street battles in the past week between security forces and demonstrators contributed to Thailand’s deadliest political turmoil in almost two decades. Today’s clashes killed four people including an Italian journalist, said Petchpong Kumjornkijjakarn, head of Bangkok’s medical emergency unit.

Nattawut and fellow activist Jatuporn Prompam told supporters from the main stage that they decided to surrender to avoid further bloodshed.

Kasikornbank Pcl, Thailand’s third-biggest bank by assets, said a fire broke out at a branch on Rama IV Road near the main protest area. The Bank of Thailand ordered all financial institutions in the capital to close at 1 p.m. because of security concerns, it said in a statement.

The benchmark SET Index rose 0.7 percent before closing for the day at the morning break. The baht fell 0.1 percent.

Red shirt supporters set fire to a city hall in Udon Thani Province in northeast Thailand, INN News reported. In northeast Khon Kaen, protesters broke into the city hall to demand an end to the military assault in Bangkok, Channel 3 TV said.

Thakin Connection

Exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, to whom many of the protesters express loyalty, earlier called for direct talks between the government and rally organizers.

“After today the divisions in the country will get even deeper,” said Michael Nelson, a visiting scholar at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University. “How can you have a stable political system when two large areas of the country are no-go zones for the two major political parties?”

Many demonstrators are loyal to Thaksin, a 60-year-old billionaire who won over the poor in the northeast of the country by giving them cheap health care and loans. The demonstrators, angered by one of Asia’s widest income gaps, say Abhisit, 45, embodies a privileged class of military officers, judges bureaucrats and royal advisers that sits above the law.

Thaksin, who was ousted by the Thai army in 2006, fled the country in 2008 before a court sentenced him to two years in prison for helping his wife buy land from the government while still in power.

King Bhumibol

Since 1946, when King Bhumibol Adulyadej took the Thai throne as an 18-year-old, Thailand has seen nine coups and more than 20 prime ministers. Only two of 17 constitutions since absolute monarchy ended in 1932 have mandated parliaments that are entirely elected. The king, who is revered across the nation, has been in hospital since Sept. 19 and hasn’t spoken publicly about the current demonstrations.

Abhisit’s party hasn’t won the most seats in a nationwide vote since 1992. He was picked by legislators in December 2008 after a court dissolved the pro-Thaksin ruling party for election fraud. The decision coincided with the seizure of Bangkok’s airports by protesters wearing yellow shirts who oppose Thaksin.

iPunter      ( Date: 19-May-2010 17:12) Posted: It's better to sideline until the picture is clearer... Esp. Thailand... Don't be impulsive...

Hi Alex,

hope to hear news of ur 1st bull soon, anyway i started to accumulate some earlier, if it goes down further south, will just let it be...thanks!

wah really close session low

fyi only, didnt buy anything, must be patient

To me, this is not the time to Buy anything.

Hi Farmer,

My bet its it will.  The opening to punt in our society is getting easier and easier.  Many will just let their hard earned cash flow down into others fat wallet.

However, with many bankcruptcians, theres the creation of numerous billionaire too, its a matter of which side u look at

wah selling wont stop, sti is going close at session low liao.....

below 200MA???

ni ke jian wo zhi dao ni zhi dao ne?...

hehehe...

dui le. lao shi.

yao ma bu cai, yao cai, yi ding yao cai zhui xiang de niu fen.

zhe shi wo zhuo ren de yuan zhe.

ni zhi dao de.

hhahahahahah

we are all humans, we need to sleep

resting is for the long journey ahead!!!! hahahha