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It's not too late to save a city treasure
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/06/2016
» A recent stroll along once-bustling Pak Klong Talat surprised me when I noticed how much the landscape there has changed. Very few flower stalls were there and everything looked neat and orderly. The new spacious pathway was clean and easy to navigate.
Food handouts prompt political row
News, AFP, Published on 08/06/2016
» Venezuelans facing severe food shortages might have been expected to welcome heavily subsidised bags of rice, milk and other staples -- but the controversy didn't take long to set in.
Brexit would be a harsh blow to EU
News, Published on 08/06/2016
» A European Union (EU) without Britain would be financially poorer, less economically liberal and free-trading, less Atlanticist and less open to further enlargement.
Rid English of rote-learning
News, Editorial, Published on 08/06/2016
» Education authorities are going to try again to bring up the standards of English proficiency. Two notable decisions have been announced in the past week. Government schools, beginning in November, will increase the amount of time teaching English to the youngest students by five times -- five hours a week instead of the current one hour. The Khurusapha Teachers Council decided that it must re-test every English teacher in the system, foreign and Thai, to make sure they are qualified in the language, and have the proper documentation.
Age of technology will need universal basic income
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/06/2016
» In a referendum on Sunday, Swiss voters rejected a proposal for a guaranteed annual income for everybody by an overwhelming 78% majority. But the idea was not crazy, and it is not going to go away.
Idle hands do no good
News, Published on 08/06/2016
» It's no secret that being religious is not the same as being spiritual.
Govt gets cold feet on the digital economy
News, Chatra Kamsaeng, Published on 08/06/2016
» The government has made the digital economy policy a priority. What exactly is the digital economy? Basically, it is the use of information technology to improve any business by making it more efficient. In the digital economy, one of the most popular business models is a digital platform which matches consumers' demand with suitable service providers and rigorously monitors service quality.