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Postbag: Opposition's post-election policy
News, Published on 22/12/2013
» In his letter to PostBag on Thursday (''Pheu Thai must win trust''), Burin Kantabutra asks readers how Pheu Thai can earn the trust of anti-government protesters prior to the election.
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Postbag: Rice delay weighs on poll
News, Published on 20/12/2013
» The Rice Growers Association recently disclosed that most rice growers have faced delayed payments for their pledged rice since last October. The Commerce Ministry pointed out that the delay was caused by a shortage of funds at the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).
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Postbag: Democrats must take part
News, Published on 11/12/2013
» Now the prime minister has called new elections to allow the people to express their will, the most important thing is that they are presented with a real choice. The Democrat Party has to be persuaded to take part if we are to achieve this.
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Postbag: Power to the people
News, Published on 08/12/2013
» For the past 50 years, Thailand has been tinkering with constitutions and electoral systems in an attempt to produce good governments. Each attempt has failed, but once again another round of charter re-engineering is being proposed.
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In the name of liberty
News, Published on 22/11/2013
» With reference to the whistle-blowers and anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, Khun Burin Kantabutra offers this quote:
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A protest or a party?
News, Published on 09/11/2013
» A penny for your thoughts: Is it not time to move forward and forget the past?
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Dark days ahead
News, Published on 04/11/2013
» What will happen to Thailand after the House's approval of the blanket amnesty bill at 4am on Friday, Nov 1 (the darkest day for Thailand's lawmakers)?
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Matter of trial and error
News, Published on 02/11/2013
» I fully agree that all defendants are entitled to an impartial trial, but how to implement this with Thaksin Shinawatra?
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No plugging this brain drain
News, Published on 27/10/2013
» In reference to the the BP article on Tuesday, ''Can India and China keep rising if their brightest leave?'', it is no coincidence that America remains an epicentre for research and innovation, as one the most important principles of the US Constitution is that citizens are guaranteed freedom of thought and expression. Americans are born with these values and the education system further strengthens them. On the other hand, the educational systems in India and China have never been competitive for the simple reason that they lack an environment that nourishes free thinking. Authoritarianism, cronyism and rampant corruption have turned most universities in India into teaching factories that shell out meaningless degrees, and the same is true of most Chinese universities.
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Listen to voice of reason
News, Published on 20/10/2013
» Former deputy prime minister and finance minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula last Tuesday submitted an open letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra that called for the end of the controversial rice-pledging scheme and suggested direct payments to farmers instead. At last a voice of reason, but will it be listened to when the government's mantra is ''We have never done anything wrong''?
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