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Sustainable tourism policy needed now
News, Published on 08/12/2013
» Everyone is familiar with certain tourist magnets _ including some areas of Pattaya, Phuket, Koh Samui and even Koh Chang _ which are plagued by zones of unregulated development that blot out their natural wonderWhen asked what makes them want to come to Thailand, many tourists will mention the nightlife and shopping, especially in Bangkok. But along with the famously good-natured natives, by far the biggest drawing card for the country is its natural beauty, particularly in coastal areas. This is both a blessing and a curse. The millions of foreigners flocking to the seemingly endless stretches of gorgeous coastline and forested islands with white-sand beaches bring a huge amount of money into the country and directly create many thousands of jobs. However, many of these jobs are low-paying and a big chunk of the profits are leaving the country. According to a 2007 report prepared by the Environmental Research Institute of Chulalongkorn University and the Bumi Kita Foundation titled ''Sustainable Tourism Management in Thailand'', 80% of the profits are made by foreign tour-operators, hotel owners and suppliers of imported goods for tourists.
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Postbag: Power to the people
News, Published on 08/12/2013
» For the past 50 years, Thailand has been tinkering with constitutions and electoral systems in an attempt to produce good governments. Each attempt has failed, but once again another round of charter re-engineering is being proposed.
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Postscript: No longer British, but still the 'brown stuff'
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/12/2013
» It was pleasing to see recent Bangkok Post letters praising that most noble of institutions, HP Sauce. One reader even called it "the best condiment ever produced", although one suspects the French might have something to say about that. Perhaps more realistically, the Daily Mail calls it "a sticky brown liquid".
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Media mired by binary blinders
News, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Published on 08/12/2013
» It has been a long and winding road for Thai democracy. The ongoing anti-government demonstration, spearheaded by member of parliament-turned-mob leader Suthep Thaugsuban, has exposed a serious problem facing the nation: the crisis of electoral politics. Starting off with rallying against the controversial amnesty bill, the demonstrators have now switched to the issue of corruption and tyranny of majority. They ride on the discourse of the ''Thaksin regime'' as a kind of immoral and devilish pattern of politics and advocate the overthrow of the elected government of Yingluck Shinawatra.
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An agnostic's view of the democracy cult
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 08/12/2013
» Democracy is the greatest trick the elites ever played on the masses.
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