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Bureaucracy still baffles
News, Published on 25/07/2021
» All the requirements of bureaucracy in this country have not changed in more than 100 years.
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Having it both ways
News, Postbag, Published on 18/02/2016
» The Bangkok Post reported on Tuesday that monks demonstrating at Phutthamonthon have made two demands: Firstly, that Buddhism be declared the official state religion in the new constitution, and, secondly, that the prime minister should stop government agencies from interfering in matters relating to the monastic community.
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Postbag: High performance puzzling
News, Published on 12/10/2014
» Please forgive my lack of modesty. I get quite a smug feeling when I complete all three of the Bangkok Post crosswords at the weekend. The English-style cryptic on Saturdays is quite different to the American-style, two of which appear on Sunday. I think the description of "easy" for the smaller of the two Sunday offerings is flippant at best.
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Publicity never bad
News, Postbag, Published on 16/02/2016
» Thanks for your brave attempt at clarifying what bridge is and is not (Life, Feb 15). One of the unintended consequences of the saga is that the Pattaya bridge club, small by international standards, is now the most famous in the entire world, with several hundred newspaper and TV reports and tens of thousands of comments on blogsites talking about it. The tale has also made Jeremy Watson (the organiser) and myself (the founder, in 1994) the best-known bridge players throughout the five continents even though our standards sadly fall short of the brilliance usually required for notoriety.
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Blessing in disguise?
News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2016
» With the failure of negotiations with the Chinese government, the junta plans to drastically chop the length of the delayed Thai-Sino high-speed train to just a third of the original plan.
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Prayut losing his cool
News, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2016
» Re: "PM says he won't take more jibes" (BP, March 29).
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No adjusting the data
News, Postbag, Published on 06/04/2016
» Based on the size and scope of the Panama Papers leak and the fact that it will keep investigators busy for years, it undoubtedly deserves the acronym PPL.
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Unabated madness
News, Postbag, Published on 15/04/2016
» Here in Pattaya, Songkran apparently started on Tuesday on Beach Road but unfortunately it has also started to infect the roads back from the sea. Foreigners are roaming the streets and dominating the bars firing high-powered water guns into the faces of motorcyclists.
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Define 'referendum'
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2016
» Re: "State spies out on prowl for referendum mischief", (BP, April 11).
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