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  • BUSINESS

    Private providers point to complexity of setting rates

    Business, Published on 12/01/2019

    » Private hospitals are wary of the Commerce Ministry's proposed price controls on medicines and medical services.

  • OPINION

    With city's public spaces, don't ignore the public

    News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 12/01/2019

    » Taking a stroll around a few neighbourhoods during the holidays, I couldn't help but wonder why Bangkok, a bustling metropolis, has so little public space for people to use.

  • OPINION

    Curb cars to cure air

    News, Postbag, Published on 12/01/2019

    » Well, Bangkok's air quality is poor?

  • BUSINESS

    Hopeful US-China news lifts world shares and SET

    Business, Published on 12/01/2019

    » Recap: Global stocks rebounded amid optimism about the outcome of China-US trade negotiations and Fed chairman Jerome Powell's dovish comments on US interest rates. Still, the extended US government shutdown continues to weigh on business confidence and could take a toll on consumer confidence.

  • THAILAND

    Sibling saga reveals differences

    News, Published on 12/01/2019

    » This week, Action Coalition for Thailand (ACT) co-founder Suthep Thaugsuban was thought to have directed a gibe at an unlikely target -- the Democrat Party.

  • BUSINESS

    In difficult year ahead, focus on defensive stocks

    Business, Published on 12/01/2019

    » 2018 was a record-setting year for Thai equities on numerous fronts. We saw the SET index hit an all-time high of 1,852.51 points in late February. In the same month we saw the highest-ever daily turnover at 124.5 billion baht. In fact, average daily turnover for the whole year was a record high of 56.4 billion baht, up 18% from 2017.

  • SPORTS

    Being a child mascot is not cheap

    Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/01/2019

    » Anyone familiar with the Premier League will be used to seeing 11 child mascots running out with each team every weekend. It's kind of nice to witness the different reactions of the kids, especially the younger ones, as they briefly find themselves in the limelight, holding hands with their heroes. Mind you, some of the players look a little uncomfortable with the whole procedure.

  • BUSINESS

    Surviving the siege of the silver screen

    Business, Published on 12/01/2019

    » The digital wave has changed the landscape of various businesses, leaving some chief executives apprehensive about the threat.

  • THAILAND

    Saving the great hornbill

    News, Published on 12/01/2019

    » One of the first things you notice about hornbills, apart from their sickle-shaped bills and quiff-like casques, is they have funny names -- rhinoceros, helmeted, wreathed, wrinkled and trumpeter, to name just a few -- but the threat of their extinction is no laughing matter.

  • OPINION

    Late King's wishes for Thai children

    News, Published on 12/01/2019

    » As Thailand celebrates National Children's Day today, I wish to share my recollection of a memorable audience with His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and his profound message and wishes for the children of Thailand and the world. I had the great honour to meet the late king on Nov 12, 1998. I was then serving as Unicef's regional director for East Asia and the Pacific, based in Bangkok. The occasion of my audience with the late king at Chitralada Palace was to accompany visiting Unicef executive director Carol Bellamy. Also accompanying us was the late Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan. ​

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