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Corruption plagues government's rice-pledging scheme
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 28/04/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said in a recent interview that the government was successful in carrying out its paddy pledging scheme for the main rice crop last year as promised during its election campaign, noted Thai Rath, adding that the administration is now carrying out its pledging scheme for the second rice crop during the dry season.
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Rational discussion has degenerated, says Phumtham
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 05/05/2012
» Within a few weeks, the 111 former executives of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party, the precursor of the Pheu Thai Party, will be freed from their five-year political ban, noted Post Today.
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Can government survive rising cost of living crisis?
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 12/05/2012
» 'If elected to government, [the party] will not disappoint the people. The first thing we will do is decrease the cost of living. Gasoline 95 will come down by 7.5 baht/litre, gasoline 91 down by 6.7 baht/litre and diesel down by 2.2 baht/litre".
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Red shirts at each other's throats over 'Uncle SMS' saga
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 19/05/2012
» The death in prison of Ampol Tangnoppakul or "Uncle SMS" from cancer ignited a fierce debate between red shirt academics and red shirt politicians who work for the Pheu Thai Party, noted Post Today.
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Govt faces court challenge to get borrowing decrees scrapped
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 04/02/2012
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government is facing stiff opposition for issuing four emergency decrees to enable the Finance Ministry to borrow extensively for flood recovery, noted Post Today.
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Thailand needs to boost productivity to compete
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 11/02/2012
» Thailand's economy still has room to grow as it usually expands at a rate of 6-7% depending in the main on the export sector.
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Rising star of the proletariat insists he is no 'amataya'
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 18/02/2012
» Nattawut Saikuar, a self-proclaimed member of the proletariat fighting the elite establishment, himself joined the establishment when he was appointed Deputy Agriculture Minister under the first Yingluck cabinet reshuffle last month.
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Gloves off for constitutional amendment
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 25/02/2012
» The joint meeting between the House of Representatives and the Senate on Thursday was to consider various charter amendment bills with no need to wait to verify all the signatures of citizens who have put their names to a people's amendment bill because to wait for this would take several months, noted Post Today.
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Yingluck's government faces ripples of discontent
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 03/03/2012
» After administering the country for about six months, the Yingluck Shinawatra government is beginning to show signs of internal discord with the resignation of Bandhoon Supakavanich, the prime minister's secretary-general, noted Thai Rath.
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Sudarat quashes rumours of her political return
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 10/03/2012
» On May 30, the 111 Thai Rak Thai executives who were banned from politics for five years along with the party's dissolution by the charter court will be back on the scene. Political observers believe most of these former TRT executives will play a political role again. Among them is Sudarat Keyuraphan, who reputedly remains influential among Pheu Thai's Bangkok MPs.
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