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End of mission impossible but no time to gloat
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/11/2012
» It is hardly surprising that Gen Boonlert "Seh Ai" Kaewprasert called off his second Pitak Siam rally on Saturday after failing to amass the 1 million people he had earlier promised.
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Let's lighten political load of charter vote
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/12/2012
» So the first "yes" has been secured _ a first and relatively modest sign of accord after a long period of unrelenting conflict and disparity.
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Lust for votes v city's needs
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/12/2012
» The oft-cited "give a man a fish" proverb can be applied to the government's first-car scheme.
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Soap opera saga will only end in tears
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 08/01/2013
» How do you think the banning of Channel 3's soap opera Nua Mek 2 will pan out?
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Born on Feb 30, but he doesn't 'deserve to die'
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 15/01/2013
» So Sangwien Khuncharoen quit his job, turned off his mobile phone and stopped talking to reporters. Everything has become fine and rosy again. The authorities need not set up a disciplinary probe against the former deputy village head in Sa Kaeo province who spoke to the public about the difficulty of having his wrongly registered birth date corrected. Since Mr Sangwien admitted that it was his own fault the public record did not get changed; there is no problem with the system either. Case closed.
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Megaprojects yes, but cui bono?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/01/2013
» Two trillion baht is a lot of money. It can buy about 17 Suvarnabhumi airports. Even spread over a period of seven years, which is what the government is proposing, it still amounts to spending of about 280 billion baht a year. That would be enough to buy another nine Red Line electric train routes, at an estimated 30 billion baht per line.
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City leaders in waiting must offer us more
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/02/2013
» Does Bangkok deserve to be governed by one of the 24 people running around town putting on a daily show of how they love the city and are determined to turn it into the greenest, safest, most beautiful and dynamic place that never sleeps or suffers a dull moment?
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Even the bikini option is no energy cure-all
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/02/2013
» Energy minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn can keep shouting about an energy crisis in April until he is blue in the face but the public will not believe it until they are told they can only use one light bulb and five hours of computer time a day. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra can set some fashion trends by shedding her silk jackets and embracing single-layer blouses of light materials but she will never succeed in convincing people to use less air-con until she limits its use to a quota of one per household or tells those who need more to pay a surcharge.
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After fear and loathing
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/03/2013
» There is a bitter reality in Sukhumbhand Paribatra's sweet, historic win in Sunday's Bangkok governor election.
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We need smart debate, not a muzzle
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/03/2013
» As soon as I learned about the cancellation of the last episode of the programme Tob Jote on the constitutional monarchy by Thai PBS, I thought about one incident.
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