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  • OPINION

    Big Brother’s watching me watching him

    News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/03/2015

    » Skip out for beer during the commercials, because the revolution will not be televised — or so goes the Gil Scott-Heron song. If only it were that simple! Because while the revolution may not be televised, coups will. Coups have. Actually, a coup only qualifies as a coup when the perpetrators appear on television, epaulets sparkling as they line up before an extremely boring backdrop to announce their masterstroke. A coup needs tanks less than it needs a TV signal. We’ve borne witness to it too many times over the past 40 years, with first analogue broadcasting, then Earth-orbiting satellites and now digital TV.

  • THAILAND

    Strict tax checks ordered as revenue shortfall looms

    Online Reporters, Published on 30/03/2015

    » The Finance Ministry has ordered the Revenue Department to be more efficient in gathering taxes because it is likely that revenue collection will fall short of the budget estimate by 200 billion baht this financial year, a ministry source said.

  • BUSINESS

    Time to take stock of land tax

    Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 06/04/2015

    » The recent decision by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to put the brakes on a controversial new tax on land and buildings has given not only great relief to many property owners but also a break for policymakers to rethink the bill and allay the public's fears, say developers.

  • WORLD

    Tech giants defend tax policies at Australian hearing

    AFP, Published on 08/04/2015

    » SYDNEY - Global technology giants Apple, Google and Microsoft on Wednesday defended their corporate tax structures at an Australian parliamentary hearing, rebuffing claims they were shifting their profits offshore to avoid paying taxes in the nation.

  • OPINION

    No democracy, no loss

    News, Published on 18/04/2015

    » A bit of advice for two contributors, Khun Colin Roth, of “Faux democracy rules”, and Kuldeep Nagi, of “Davies won’t turn tide” (PostBag, April 17).

  • OPINION

    It's summer — time to study?

    Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 18/03/2015

    » It's the big summer school break, supposedly relaxing rush hour traffic until the new academic year begins in mid-May.

  • OPINION

    What price hope in the government's lottery reforms?

    News, Published on 18/03/2015

    » News that the cabinet has approved an amendment to the Government Lottery Office Act of 1974 attracted the attention of two major groups: 1) the millions of low-income participants who are hit hard by the problems of overpriced government lottery tickets, and 2) the major lottery operators who form a de facto syndicate.

  • OPINION

    Social enterprises are no proxy for welfare

    News, Published on 21/03/2015

    » Last month, the National Reform Council approved a draft law entitled the "Social Enterprise Act", which is aimed at promoting and institutionalising the social enterprise movement in Thailand.

  • AUTO

    Easy-going X5

    Life, Richard Leu, Published on 02/03/2015

    » The BMW X5 was always a premium mid-size SUV worth considering, for it was never too ambitious in pricing as some other posh contenders like the Range Rover Sport or Porsche Cayenne.

  • WORLD

    Greek cabinet prepares high-risk talks amid default fears

    AFP, Published on 06/02/2015

    » Greece's radical left government fine-tuned its economic programme Saturday ahead of a week of high-risk international talks but with no sign of an imminent deal with its creditors.

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