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Shame and fines won't fix taxi troubles
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 23/07/2015
» Transport Minister Prajin Juntong decided earlier this month to delay a fare rise for metered taxis by three months to the end of October to ensure these cabs would meet a 75% score set for their service standards, compared with the average 45% to 50% they are getting now.
Meritocracy must take top priority
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 13/08/2015
» We are coming to the season of change again when heads of government agencies are selecting younger candidates to replace retiring colleagues or promoting capable staff to the next level before the new fiscal year starts on Oct 1.
Blast victims deserve an honest answer
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 27/08/2015
» On Tuesday, 17 senior journalists and I had the "honour" of meeting a handful of army and police generals at the national police headquarters, a couple of hundred metres from the Erawan shrine where an explosion killed 20 and wounded about 130 last Monday.
Should regime not have deported Uighurs?
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 03/09/2015
» While Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon and his deputy Udomdej Sitabutr are attending China's first-ever military parade to commemorate Japan's World War II surrender in Beijing today, investigators in Bangkok are busily gleaning information from two detained foreign suspects to probe their hypothesis that the deadly Erawan shrine blast was in retaliation for the deportation of over 100 Muslim Uighurs to China in July.
Wizard of Odd blasts away credibility
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 01/10/2015
» Today is the first day of retirement for Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang, who ended his career as national top cop with the "achievement" of the arrest of two key suspects in August's city blasts.
Stay calm and don't shoot the messenger
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 15/10/2015
» In the past week we have seen two incidents that have reflected the ostrich-like mentality of those in the military-run government -- of refusing to confront the issues that face them, whatever they may be. And both times they chose to shoot the messenger.
Commission's 'big catch' of CP execs deserves praise
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 04/12/2015
» The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) move to slap four top executives of CP All Plc, Thailand's biggest convenience store operator, with hefty fines for insider trading deserves a round of applause.
Statesman's anti-graft wisdom is easier said than done
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 11/12/2015
» Statesman and Privy Council president Gen Prem Tinsulanonda is physically and mentally healthy for a 95-year-old, retired four-star general.
Oppression can't triumph over dissent
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 07/01/2016
» Less than two weeks after the May 22, 2014 coup, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) handed out leaflets to Bangkokians explaining why then army commander-in-chief Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had to topple the caretaker civilian government of Yingluck Shinawatra.
Time to punish the media bad guys
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 21/01/2016
» The media frenzy over the illness -- and death -- of popular actor Tridsadee "Por" Sahawong has given the "watchdog profession" yet more bad press.