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Don't scrap trains, charge for city cars
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/02/2016
» I hate our horrendous Bangkok traffic. What I hate more is driving in Bangkok which means I could be stuck forever in congested traffic. What I hate most is being trapped in traffic despite taking public transport.
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Like coal? Put it in your own backyard then
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 13/01/2016
» As I was indulging myself with a nice cup of coffee on a lazy Sunday morning, I spotted an article by Sopon Pornchokchai sharing his views on the controversial coal-fired plants in Krabi and Songkhla. I got quite a shock.
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City Hall lit up amidst streets of darkness
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/01/2016
» True to its name, "Light of Happiness" -- two entrances, six panels, one tunnel with butterfly curtains and a few light installations on the ground -- is illuminated. All at once, Lan Khon Muang Plaza in front of the City Hall on Din So Road looks spectacular.
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Fair cop, guv - and here's your reward
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/09/2015
» Every time I see police displaying bundles of amphetamines seized from drug dealers in a crackdown, I always ask myself if the pills -- neatly packed in black garbage bags -- are really amphetamines. Could they be just painkillers? And why do the police have to show those seized items?
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Water cuts should apply to everyone
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 16/07/2015
» Farmers must delay crops. Farmers have to switch to plants that consume less water. Farmers brace for water cuts. Water for the farming sector will be in short supply.
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We need big vision, not just wider roads
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/03/2015
» A road, or tree tunnels?
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Cycling should not only be a fad for the rich
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 14/11/2014
» Walking into the "A Day Bike Fest 2014" at Makkasan Airport Rail Link station last week, I didn't really want to believe that Bangkok finally has its own bicycle festival, not to mention other bike expos, focusing on selling bicycles, spare parts, and accessories, almost every month in the capital and some other big cities.
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A new kind of rice-pledging
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/08/2014
» Pricing is key to running a successful business where buyers are out to get the best for the least amount of money, while sellers pitch for the highest profit.
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Fair trading
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/04/2014
» Does running a business always mean turning a profit and financial maximisation? Usually yes, but not always. What about the rice business with the current woes of the government and especially of Thai farmers — does it have to be driven by the logic of margins and profit? Yes, but not always. At least, Thamma Turakit — a project to sell naturally-grown (chemical-free) rice at an affordable price — isn’t maximising its balance sheet. The profit is measured by quality of life based on fairness and virtue.
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Sowing the seeds of change
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/02/2014
» The government’s rice-pledging scheme was presented as a policy to improve the quality of life of Thai farmers. However, over a period of two years, the scheme has proven to be a failure with more than a million farmers not paid for their harvests, resulting in eight suicides and endless protests, leaving many of them in deep debt. Life speaks to two farmers who left the scheme behind
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