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Ekamai bus station move: Public left out of decision again
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/07/2017
» People don't even know what is happening, much less asked what they think or prefer. Lack of any public participation in govt decisions that affect public, once again.
Snow sculpture in China: Thai students win first prize
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/01/2017
» Array of snow sculptures inspired by late King's development projects win variety of prizes at Collegiate Snow Sculpture contest in Harbin China.
Alibaba vs. Lazada: Asean e-commerce fight looming
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/12/2016
» As world shifts to borderless e-commerce system, Amazon & China-backed Lazada set for intense Asean competition.
Auto testing center for research & development
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/11/2016
» Manufacturing electric cars in Thailand & increased tyre production to help rubber farmers are goals this ambitious new research center will support.
Seventh decade 1988-1997: Focus on Agriculture by HM King
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/10/2016
» At 60 most people would look forward to retirement, but His Majesty's inventions & philosophy of self-sufficiency lay ahead in a new beginning for his work.
ThaiBev targets beer & beverages in Vietnam & Myanmar
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/09/2016
» In aggressive expansion into Asean markets of Vietnam & Myanmar by ThaiBev (owner of Chang Beer) will buy into Vietnam beer companies & dairy.
Premocracy 2.0 in the 2010s?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/04/2016
» In the 1980s General Prem shared power with politicians, delegated economics to technocrats & was untainted by corruption, can it work again?
Fish with feet found in Thailand's caves & waterfalls
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/03/2016
» Half way between fish & animal on land, this blind fish uses its fin as a leg to pull itself up waterfalls.
PM Prayut at APEC Summit in Manila
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/11/2015
» PM Prayut pledges to join international efforts to fight terrorism & is committed to economic reform (anti-corruption, SMEs & social protection) to support regional economic cooperation, integration & growth.
US-led TPP trade agreement & Thai auto industry
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/10/2015
» Last-minute compromise gives US automakers 20 more years of tariff protection against low-cost pickup truck imports from Thailand & Asia. Trade deal reached 'in principle'.