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Early hours for skytrain under trial
Online Reporters, Published on 13/02/2014
» The skytrain will test earlier opening hours for six months starting in March on the Sukhumvit and Silom lines.
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Mass testing best
News, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2020
» The most effective and cheapest way of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic will be to conduct mass testing of the population, as urged by eminent French infectious diseases expert Dr Didier Raoult. He has pointed out that cheaply mass produced testing equipment is already available and is being used effectively in South Korea. Countries, including Thailand, should build up this mass testing capability as fast as it can and test as many people as possible. That way it will be possible to isolate only those who test positive and it also makes it possible to treat those who start showing symptoms early which boosts the chance of a favourable outcome for them. This will be far more effective than locking down entire populations of people who are not infected and causing a massive economic dislocation in the process. In Thailand's case, it may cost US$325 million (10.5 billion baht) to test the entire population, but that would be a drop in the bucket compared to the $8 billion cost of a 5% decline in GDP.
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Protecting Pareena
News, Postbag, Published on 16/11/2019
» Re: "Pareena saga a test of land reform resolve", (Opinion, Nov 15).
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Masks no longer compulsory
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/06/2022
» The government has lifted its face mask mandate and advised vulnerable groups and those who suspect they may be infected to still use them for the sake of personal and public health.
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Sign of the times
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 25/03/2022
» Khao gaeng, a social staple n Thailand, isn't just limited to curry over rice. Its appeal is far more, especially with the vast array of salads and stir-fries.
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Year of Turbulence
Asia focus, Published on 27/12/2021
» Pandemic drags on recovery: In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many Asian countries had enviable success, avoiding large-scale outbreaks and mass deaths. But the arrival of the more transmissible Delta variant this year and sluggish vaccine rollouts compounded by low availability sent cases surging. Combined with poor monitoring and easy movement among countries, often unofficially, Southeast Asia became a virus hotspot. The ballooning health crisis collided with churning political discontent in the case of Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Economically, the new wave of infections, and attendant restrictions imposed to curb the spread, stalled recoveries. After nearly two years of strict border controls, many countries started to loosen up and live with Covid. But the rise of the Omicron variant now threatens to scuttle those tentative reopening plans and usher in a third year of economic anxiety.
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South Korean fans head overseas to catch first BTS concert since the pandemic
Life, Published on 29/11/2021
» When K-Pop sensation BTS announced that their first in-person concerts since the start of the pandemic would be in the United States, Kim Ji-eun immediately booked a flight and hotel, praying that Covid rules would let her attend all four shows.
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East-South ferry launch
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/05/2021
» The first trial of a long-journey ferry from the East to the South has recently been launched.
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Monorail ushers in hope
News, Published on 07/06/2020
» If anyone has visited Charoen Nakhon area in Thon Buri area recently, they might be surprised by the bumper-to-bumper traffic -- a situation rarely seen elsewhere during the Covid-19 pandemic. The congestion has been caused by the construction of the country's first monorail known as the Gold Line.
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Coffee Run
Guru, Kankanok Wichiantanon, Published on 07/08/2020
» If you thought that Bangkok's café scene couldn't get quirkier than the bewildered unicorn café or the death-awareness themed café, some of the latest openings will prove you wrong. Here are five examples of cafés in Bangkok that rumble with gentle excitement. You definitely need to check them out.
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