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Echoes of the Nixon presidency
News, Published on 23/01/2017
» His private campaign headquarters was an elegant suite on New York's Fifth Avenue. Elected with 43.4% of the vote, he claimed the mandate of a silent majority. A secret liaison with a foreign government helped him win. America's spies detected this stratagem; the sitting president called it treason.
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Police reach limit of credibility
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/01/2017
» The zealousness of the police in their pursuit of ex-schoolteacher Jomsap Saenmuangkhot after she launched an appeal for a retrial in her fatal hit-and-run case is beyond my comprehension. It's unbelievable.
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Let's develop a culture of reading
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/01/2017
» How much time do you spend reading in a single day? According to a Ministry of Culture survey, the average Thai spends 66 minutes per day reading. I am quite surprised and found the amount quite high. Yet the survey also includes digital content on the internet and social media, not only books.
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Mean streets of Thailand
News, Editorial, Published on 23/01/2017
» Thailand has become a healing centre of the world. Every day, flights arrive from the Americas, Europe, west Asia and the Middle East with the ill and afflicted seeking cure and comfort at Thai hospitals and wellness clinics. In addition, for more than a generation, Thais have continuously gained better access to better medical care. There is one glaring area, however, where Thailand is still deep in the last century -- getting the critically ill to medical care in a hurry.
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Challenge of Asia's governments is to work with aid
News, Published on 23/01/2017
» Governments across Asia have to address massive challenges -- climate change, rapidly aging populations, urbanisation and immigration -- that often outpace their financial and human capabilities. Collaboration with other sectors is increasingly seen as a way to use additional financial resources, solicit innovative ideas and tap into expertise that government may be lacking. Governments aiming to get things done at all in today's world benefit from engaging NGOs, businesses, charities and social enterprises.
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Asean's golden opportunity
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/01/2017
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is celebrating 50 years of existence in 2017, with the Philippines holding the chairmanship of the 10-member bloc. The golden anniversary presents a golden opportunity for Asean leaders to show how important regionalism can be at a time when people all over the world are questioning the value of free trade and globalisation.
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Throw caution to the wind
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/01/2017
» Chinese New Year is on Jan 28 and most people have their horoscopes read to prepare themselves for the Year of the Rooster. According to Chinese astrology, this year's rooster comes in the form of a yin fire rooster.
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