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Reading for the blind
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/10/2013
» Access to audio books has become easier for the blind and people with visual impairments following the rise of the smartphone. "Read for the Blind", an app developed by the Content Service team of Thai Samsung Electronics, allows volunteers with smartphones and tablets to create audio books anywhere.
Old cars aren't the problem on city streets
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/10/2013
» There is an old southern Chinese saying which goes along these lines: "When one’s stomach is full, he or she has nothing to do and, therefore, starts looking for trouble."
Adul U-turns on old car fee-hike scheme
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/10/2013
» Police have back-pedalled on a plan to increase annual registration fees on vehicles more than 10 years old to discourage their use in Bangkok after the idea came under a firestorm of criticism from motorists.
Bangkok traffic to get better?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/10/2013
» Bangkok's deputy police chief has a set of proposals to make Bangkok traffic flow smoothly and quickly. (updated)
Fee hike looms for old vehicles
Post Reporters, Published on 08/10/2013
» Owners of vehicles more than 10 years old could face a hefty increase in registration fees under a proposal to relieve traffic congestion.
BMA poised for landmark bus ban
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/09/2013
» Busy traffic around landmark tourist sites in Bangkok could soon be a thing of the past with a parking ban for tour buses and vans expected to be enforced later next month.
Taxis end strike at Chiang Mai airport
Cheewin Sattha, Published on 16/09/2013
» CHIANG MAI - Metered taxi operators will resume services at Chiang Mai airport on Tuesday after a 12-day strike over a plan to hike monthly parking fees by 26 per cent.
Chiang Mai taxi strike continues
Cheewin Sattha, Published on 06/09/2013
» CHIANG MAI – Chiang Mai airport has lined up another taxi company to serve passengers as metered taxi operators continue their strike over a 26% increase in monthly parking fees.
I want to ride my bicycle
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/08/2013
» Amsterdam first started it in the 1960s. Copenhagen followed. Decades later, Paris joined the bandwagon, followed by London, Melbourne and cities in China. New York got its own version in place earlier this year.
Union Auction predicts used car sales to remain flat
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 13/08/2013
» The Thai used-car market is expected to remain oversupplied this year thanks to 1.2 million new car owners that applied for the government's first-time car buyer tax rebate last year.