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  Trimming off the top

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/05/2020

  » I suspect there is more at play than mere incompetence with regard to the excessive "pruning" of Bangkok's urban trees (BP, April 27). At least some of the trees in question are Burma padauk (known in Thailand as pradu, and scientifically as Pterocarpus macrocarpus).

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  Very slow learners

  News, Postbag, Published on 09/09/2017

  » In his Sept 8 letter Songdej Praditsmanon writes that student Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal "was already condemned by fair-minded individuals and cursed by many alumni" but what he doesn't explain is why. To some of us simple minded non-Chula graduates it appears that Mr Netiwit has clearly understood the message from King Rama V given in 1873 when he expressed "the necessity of rebuilding a more equal relationship between different groups in society". What isn't apparent is that the administrators running the university have understood this message and taken steps to advance these opinions.

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  Perils of police reform

  News, Postbag, Published on 08/07/2017

  » I'm glad that PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is reforming the police at long last, but he shouldn't reinvent the wheel. In 2006, then-prime minister Gen Surayud Chulanont, former army chief and member of our beloved King Rama IX's Privy Council, appointed retired Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn, former chief of police, to head a distinguished commission for this very purpose.

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  Better jobs for youths

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/01/2024

  » Re: "Strategy to achieve tourism targets revealed", (Business, Jan 18).

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  Handout pros

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2023

  » Re: "Pheu Thai's giveaway might just work", (Opinion, April 20).

• News & article

  You can't fish with cash

  News, Postbag, Published on 23/10/2022

  » Re: "Prawit meets farmers in an effort to woo voters," (BP, Oct 18).

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  Criticism is patriotic

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/05/2020

  » Re: "Credit where it's due", (PostBag, May 7).

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  Graft greetings?

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/04/2020

  » Immigration in Surat Thani is disregarding all corona containment rules and has hundreds of tourists and expats seek visa renewals in mass gatherings.

• News & article

  Crossing calamities

  News, Postbag, Published on 21/05/2019

  » The Bangkok Post's April 14 editorial, "Rail crossings remain unsafe", stated that "In 2013, there were nearly 130 crashes at train crossings, causing 27 deaths and nearly 100 injuries. About 80% of these took place at barricade-free crossings".

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  Don't pick on Koh Tao

  News, Postbag, Published on 11/09/2018

  » It is disappointing that so many readers, letter writers and commenters in the <i>Bangkok Post</i>'s various forums exude so much blind hate for an island many have never been to, or they set foot on it for a day, decided it's nothing special and then left again.

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