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Motorcycle madness
News, Postbag, Published on 12/08/2019
» Re: "Carving up city roads to make motorcycle lanes", (BP, Aug 11).
Privatise THAI
News, Postbag, Published on 09/08/2019
» The transport minister has approved loss-making Thai Airways' purchase of 38 airplanes, estimated to be worth 136 billion baht, to increase its competitiveness (BP, Aug 6). However, this will do as much good as replacing the roof of a shaky and already-decrepit house. New planes are just one way to draw in new customers.
Begging for a drink
News, Postbag, Published on 27/07/2019
» There is a shortage of fresh water. It happens most years and is far from unexpected. Where is the rainmaking initiative? Maybe the government has forgotten about it in the same way that they have forgotten everyone but themselves.
Time to come clean
News, Postbag, Published on 15/06/2019
» Re: "Cops scrutinise MP's posts", (BP, June 11).
Plundered budget
News, Postbag, Published on 17/05/2019
» Since the start of the coup and Thailand's dictatorial control, the national budget has been plundered by the military. With so many social pressures supposedly causing the need for a coup, the dictator and his underlings have seen it fit to purchase submarines, tanks, military aircraft, and now Stryker armoured vehicles. How do these expenditures truly serve the people?
Machines take over
News, Postbag, Published on 14/03/2019
» I have to say I am delighted that many countries are now grounding and banning the Boeing 737 Max aircraft from their skies (BP, March 13).
Revamp the military
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2019
» Let's briefly consider local geopolitics and the Thai military. Thailand needs China like it needs another coup. However, China needs Thailand for a variety of reasons. The US has had a longstanding favourable relationship with Thailand and is its most powerful ally.
Need meds, not subs
News, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2019
» Re: "Prayut slams 'unrealistic' poll pledges", (BP, Jan 15).
Lost in Thai space
News, Postbag, Published on 20/12/2018
» Having just celebrated International Migrants Day, I thought it may be the right time to ask what category myself and many like me fall into in Thailand.
