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Spot checks worth it
News, Published on 13/08/2012
» Last Monday evening I was stopped for a street check by an officer in the front of Ekamai at nine in the evening.
Panic, what panic?
News, Published on 28/07/2012
» Re: ''HFMD suspected in boy's death'' (BP, July 27).
What next after judicial deja vu?
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 13/07/2012
» The sense of deja vu that pervades Thailand's political landscape in the lead-up to the Constitution Court's decision Friday on whether the lower house has violated the charter by trying to amend it harbours short- and longer-term implications.
Young and the restless
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/07/2012
» I read that the Republican Party of Texas called for a ban on teaching critical thinking skills in the state's schools because of its "focus on behaviour modification" that has "the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority".
Rio begins global movement for change
News, Ban Ki-Moon, Published on 19/06/2012
» This week, world leaders gather for a momentous occasion _ the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Regulate this silent killer
News, Published on 16/06/2012
» This week's disclosure by the World Health Organisation that exhaust from diesel engines can cause lung cancer confirms a link that has been suspected for at least 20 years. The warning is significant because these are fumes that poison the air in large cities and worsen the plight of those suffering from asthma and other respiratory infections. In Bangkok, the Pollution Control Department has tried to protect air quality by setting up checkpoints to catch vehicles belching the fumes and ordering them off the streets, but the campaigns have been short-lived.
Ladda's gone, but the thought police aren't
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 09/06/2012
» Amidst the ballyhoo of black-screen TV, broadcast-rights rivalry, football fracas, reconciliation war and constitution horror, we return to visit the most beloved media agency of all: the Cultural Surveillance Office, aka the Rottweiler, the guardian of Thainess, or the Department of Propriety.
Banks need old hands
News, Published on 02/06/2012
» Re: ''How inflation targeting met its demise,'' (Opinion, May 31)
Thailand's formula for success
News, Songkran Grachangnetara, Published on 11/05/2012
» Countless books authored by accomplished people from all types of professions from time immemorial have written about "The Formula for Success" in one way or another. From Machiavelli's The Prince, Sun Tzu's Art of War to Benjamin Graham's Value Investing, these great men attempted to put down on paper their secret for success in their respective occupations. Einstein gave us a general Theory of Relativity but is there a general theory for success? Will someone ever come up with a formulaic expression for success that can be widely applied? And can success really be defined?
Last days of cheap labour
News, Published on 01/05/2012
» Companies large and small are slowly moving, or at least being dragged, into an enlightened 21st century approach to paying wages.