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Booming electric car sales under fire in Norway
AFP, Published on 31/08/2014
» OSLO - Ministers in Norway -- a major and rich oil-producing country -- are under increasing public pressure to reduce perks and tax breaks for booming electric car sales.
Street vendor culture can't be stamped out overnight
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/08/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) made a big splash when soldiers moved on to Phuket's world-class Patong Beach and moved out vendors who had turned the beautiful shoreline into a public nuisance and major eyesore.
AirAsia renews call for lower charges
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 14/08/2014
» AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes has renewed his call for Thailand to lower airport charges to stimulate the tourism industry, which stalled earlier this year due to political unrest.
Politicians need PR
News, Published on 31/07/2014
» Both letters from Kuldeep Nagi (“Charter will polarise”, July 30) and Vint Chavala (“Fire up the PR machine”, July 30) show the writers will never be “happy campers”.
AoT wins first airport parking dispute, judge says
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/07/2014
» The company which ran parking facilities at Suvarnabhumi Airport could be ordered to pay compensation to Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) after a prolonged dispute over its contract.
The great Phuket cleanup
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 13/07/2014
» Maj Gen Paween Pongsir’s four years of experience with Phuket police saw him dragooned from his new post in Surat Thani to return and clean up corruption in the popular tourist resort.
Airline chiefs urge cuts in airport fees
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 11/07/2014
» The heads of two leading budget carriers have urged Thailand to reduce airport charges to help restore tourist arrivals lost during the prolonged political turmoil.
Taken for a ride
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 09/07/2014
» When the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) announced its plan to organise public transport, I welcomed the initiative. The headaches over taxi rides around Bangkok is something that needs to be addressed, considering that it’s one of our main public transport options. Of course there are professional and well-behaved cabbies, but it’s not wrong to say that there is still plenty of room for improvement, as complaints from passengers are heard on a daily basis.
Motorbike mafia purge
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/07/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order's (NCPO) directives to solve the problem of mafia-style extortion gangs controlling motorcycle taxis are changing the way drivers operate.
Frontier fossicking
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 26/06/2014
» All is now quiet on the eastern front. By the time I arrived in the border province of Sa Kaeo, the mass exodus of Cambodian migrant workers via Aranyaprathet had ended. But things haven’t quite returned to normal yet.