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Suvarnabhumi: Fall in world airport rankings
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/05/2012
» With overcrowding, take-off & landing delays & long lines, Suvarnabhumi falls to 25th globally from 13th.
Move budget airlines to Don Meuang?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/03/2012
» Delays & long lines at Suvarnabhumi. Designed for 45 million passengers a year but faces 51 million this year. Expansion 5 years away.
Airport immigration lines growing
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/02/2011
» A critical bottleneck that delays flights, long waits at immigration leave lasting bad impressions among tourists.
What's new in business news: June 20, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/06/2014
» Robots at Bangkok electronics show, motorbike taxis face fare cap, registration & end of gangs & Junta shakeup at Labour Ministry.
One click away: Health self-education in Thai
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/12/2011
» New website provides reliable information by top doctors in the Thai language for quick self-education about your medical problems.
Pay for it yourself & avoid waiting in lines
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/03/2013
» With self-service payment machines coming to stores soon, no more long waits in lines just because not enough workers at cash registers.
Organ donors save lives
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/08/2011
» Kidney, liver and heart transplants mean life or death to many. The Red Cross aims to end the growing organ shortage.
Phone booth removal: Bangkok clean-up next step
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/03/2016
» Dirty, smelly, eyesore & pedestrian obstacle on crowded sidewalks. Almost everyone has a mobile phone, so phone booths have fallen into disuse.
Bangkok street vendors
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/04/2015
» From the noodle vendor on your street to the woman who repairs your clothes to meat ball sellers to lottery ticket women to ice cream cycle to mobile bar in VW van, the small business people who bring life to your neighbourhood.
Thai Government Lottery 101
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/02/2015
» Founded during reign of King Rama V, the lottery generates 4,000 million baht a year for Thai Red Cross, charities, community projects and scholarships & keeps many people employed as ticket sellers.