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Keep expectations low
News, Postbag, Published on 07/12/2018
» Re: "Dire need for elected Senate", (Opinion, Dec 6).
The joke of law
News, Published on 01/12/2018
» The impressively slow progress on Premchai Karnasuta's case for alleged poaching in a national wildlife sanctuary can surprise no one (Editorial, Nov 30). It exemplifies perfectly why Thai people do not trust Thai justice, or rather, Thai rule of law posing as justice. Even when the law manages to be just, it is applied with seemingly blatant discrimination to protect corrupt hi-so types who are members in good standing of the old boys club while coming down mercilessly on the poor and powerless, who correctly see it as being created by traditional hi-so types to keep the masses in their place underfoot. We need not imagine where Premchai would be today had he been an aged peasant picking mushrooms illegally.
Inspiring science
News, Postbag, Published on 28/11/2018
» Re: "Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet", (Online, Nov 27).
Stuck in the past
News, Postbag, Published on 24/11/2018
» I have been giving a lot of thought to the prime minister's Sept 13 claim that Thailand could become a "first world developed country". Although the PM gave no strict timetable for the metamorphosis, there are a few things that I feel will need strict attention. As he will have noticed during his travels, first world countries prohibit the burning of plastics and have an efficient refuse collection and disposal system to minimise pollution of the air and waterways. To be fair, whoever is responsible for -- or at least in charge of -- the cleaning of Klong Saen Seab has certainly made progress, but there is still a long way to go.
AOT lacks creativity
News, Postbag, Published on 13/11/2018
» Re: "Asian airlines to fly in more tourists", (BP, Nov 10).
60 days way too short
News, Postbag, Published on 12/11/2018
» Re: "60 days 'long enough' for campaigning", (BP, Nov 10).
Budget for the people
News, Postbag, Published on 11/11/2018
» The plea on behalf of 109 civic groups to extend to all parents the government's 600 baht per month subsidy for children of poor families says a lot about the junta's priorities.
Bag stealing inevitable
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/11/2018
» Re: "2 Chinese arrested for stealing Rimowa bags at Suvarnabhumi", (BP, Nov 4).
Conspiracy targets poor
Postbag, Published on 03/11/2018
» It’s not that I don’t admire Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak. However, when considering the problem of income inequality, he is quoted in the Nov 1 edition of the Bangkok Post: “It’s not the mistake of this government but governments in the past, which were not seriously dedicated to tackling the problem.”
Get Kra Canal done
News, Postbag, Published on 01/11/2018
» Re: "PM, a plan and a canal" (BP, Oct 31).