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Give renewable energy a chance
News, Published on 30/03/2018
» The Minister of Energy announced this week the government will stop purchasing electricity from renewable power projects for the next five years. The reasoning is that such projects have caused retail electricity tariffs to jump by 20-25 satangs per unit, and that the electricity system has enough installed capacity for now.
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Construction site kids fall between cracks
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 30/03/2018
» More than 60,000 children living on construction site camps in Thailand struggle to access basic forms of assistance, a report by Unicef and the Baan Dek Foundation has found.
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Court offices out of place
News, Editorial, Published on 30/03/2018
» Similar to the demolition of the historical Supreme Court buildings in Bangkok, the leveling of a green area in Chiang Mai to pave the way for the construction of houses for judicial staff and court offices is unnecessary, costly and damaging.
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Executives advised to accommodate millennials
Business, Published on 30/03/2018
» Thai executives' reluctance to capitalise on millennials' work habits remains a key challenge to building international-standard organisations in the country, says Arinya Talerngsri, managing director of executive education group Southeast Asia Center (SEAC).
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Transport fix needed
News, Postbag, Published on 30/03/2018
» Re: "Merger of Grab and Uber drive monopoly, pricing concerns", (BP, March 27).
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Scrapped digital fees to hit banking income
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/03/2018
» Four large banks and a few smaller ones deciding to eliminate fees for digital banking transactions will deal a blow to the industry's fee-based income, which contributes a big portion, says the chief of the Thai Bankers' Association (TBA).
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History spurts to life with selfies, cosplay
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/03/2018
» Due to <i>Aor Jao fever</i>, a craze from that TV rom-com mega-hit <i>Bupphesannivas</i> (Love Destiny in English) on TV Channel 3, I decided to cancel a merit-making trip to Ayutthaya Saturday.
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Exhilarating escapism, Spielberg-style
Life, Published on 30/03/2018
» A breathless romp through virtual reality, Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One presents a T-Rex-size irony: A film that cautions us against the exhilarating escapism of digital simulacrum that divorces us from reality -- VR, 3D, Facebook, online games, movies -- is first and foremost an exhilarating escapism manufactured upon a massive digital simulacrum. Spielberg, one of the first directors to turn Hollywood into a factory of digital effects, certainly knows this. But with unruffled confidence and youthful velocity, the 71-year-old gambles that the thrills would override the insincerity -- that nobody would mind the self-defeating scruples as long as the breakneck ride keeps us glued.
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Drive against hepatitis B starts in May
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2018
» A campaign against hepatitis B is scheduled to begin in May to lower the number of Thai children contracting the virus to less than 0.1% by 2025.
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Living with art
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 30/03/2018
» In 1958, legendary Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen together with furniture design company Fritz Hansen conceived the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen -- the first ever design-driven hotel in the world. Believing in "Gesamtkunstwerk", meaning "the total environment", every single aspect of the hotel, from wallpaper to cutlery, was designed to harmonise perfectly with the others. Yet it was Jacobsen's simple but sculptural chairs, designed for lobbies and lounges, that caught the eye of aesthetes. Technologically innovative, lacking in any straight lines, and full of seductive but simple curves, the timeless Egg, Swan and Drop chairs eventually became his global legacy.
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