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  • OPINION

    Reach a deal with farmers

    News, Published on 24/06/2013

    » Critics of the rice-pledging programme have focused correctly on its financial flaws. The populist plan was never sustainable, and its never-ending losses affected the budget, the national economy and, finally, the country's international image. This is unfortunate. The rice-pledging scheme addressed a serious and endemic problem in the country. Rice growers deserve a better deal, and the government can give it to them.

  • OPINION

    Rise of the winner-take-all economy

    News, Published on 24/06/2013

    » The rich are getting richer. That's the conclusion of the World Wealth Report, the landmark annual study of the world's millionaires, which was released this week by RBC Wealth Management and Capgemini Financial Services.

  • OPINION

    There's no failure here

    News, Published on 24/06/2013

    » Re: "Chula sends its students back to square one" (BP, June 22).

  • OPINION

    Government offers dubious excuses for rice price cut

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/06/2013

    » Here is some simple arithmetic. Suppose you are a miller and you pay a farmer 15,000 baht for a tonne of paddy and, after the grain is milled, you sell the produce at 10,000 baht. Your loss is 5,000 baht, which is simple and straightforward.

  • OPINION

    Sumatra's land-clearing fires ignite Singaporean fury

    News, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Published on 24/06/2013

    » I lived in Singapore for almost 10 years, from late 2002 to early 2012. Throughout my stay, haze pollution became one of the main health issues facing the city state. This month, the threatening haze has returned. And this time it has managed to break its own record, reaching the hazardous PSI (pollutant standards index) level of 401 at 12 pm on Friday. This is the highest level of haze ever in Singapore.

  • OPINION

    Landmines are a problem that just won't go away

    News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/06/2013

    » Just 12 years ago, landmine-infested areas in Thailand covered a vast 2556.7 square kilometres. As of last year, after a mammoth effort to clear them, the areas have shrunk enormously to a little more than 540 sq km _ or 85% less.

  • OPINION

    It has taken foreign clout to force action

    News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 24/06/2013

    » 'Your attention, please. The plane will descend to Phuket International Airport shortly. All passengers please remain seated and fasten your seat belts until the aircraft comes to a complete stop. All passengers please fill out an immigration form and proceed to the immigration counter upon arrival. For those who are visiting Phuket for the first time as a tourist, we strongly recommend that you read a statement by the EU ambassadors in Bangkok in the seat pocket right in front of you before you go into the arrival hall.''

  • OPINION

    Helicopter ride to Nirvana

    Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/06/2013

    » Is it possible to attend church services, yet be a devout Buddhist? My own answer is "Yes", but whether that constitutes a sin to the purists is another thing.

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