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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?
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.
Airline in distress
News, Published on 22/09/2018
» Re: "Govt prods THAI about plane buys", (BP, Sept 21).
THAI losing altitude
News, Postbag, Published on 14/09/2018
» Re:" Superboard gives nod to THAI's jet purchase plan," (BP, Sept 13).
Stretching credibility
News, Postbag, Published on 03/01/2018
» I am afraid to say that Burin Kantabutra is stretching credibility a bit by suggesting that honesty and respect for the law are traditional Thai values.
Follow the money
News, Postbag, Published on 01/05/2017
» Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong, in lamenting a decline in foreign direct investment despite new Board of Investment incentives, asked, "maybe our incentives aren't generous enough compared with other countries or we might have a weak marketing strategy".
Rules of the game
News, Postbag, Published on 10/08/2016
» If someone illegally takes control of a ship its called piracy and it's a very serious offence. When people interfere with the planned flight of an aircraft it's known as hijacking and carries a severe punishment. One would think an even greater offence would be the illegal ousting of an elected government by an armed group, commonly known as a coup d'etat which in some countries would carry the most extreme penalty.
Why 'Fly Thai'?
News, Postbag, Published on 31/05/2016
» Umesh Pandey's opinion editorial on Thai Airways in today's Asia Focus was spot on.
Priorities say plenty
News, Postbag, Published on 25/05/2016
» So let me see if I can get this right ...