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Revamp our justice system
News, Published on 03/08/2013
» Prisons are not supposed to be resort communities providing all the comforts of home. Nor should they be modern-day dungeons with rampant overcrowding, appalling food, dishonest and brutal guards and chained inmates condemned to a life of despair. Yet, while jails in some Western countries seem to have much in common with the former, many of our 143 prisons resemble the latter.
Overhaul the justice system
News, Published on 11/08/2012
» The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) is known for its strong stance against inefficiency and policies that cause inflation and force consumers to pay needlessly high prices. In May, it targeted the telecommunications sector over the exorbitant cost of phones and the calls made on them, a failing it blamed on the industry's lack of liberalisation and inadequate competition. It makes sense that if prices can be lowered and the quality improved by opening up the market further, then that is what should be done.