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Financial bubble & crisis warning from Ex-BOT governor
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/06/2017
» Real estate speculation & unregulated credit unions could trigger next financial crisis warns former Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul.
Bribes to secure school places 'rampant'
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/06/2017
» Asset declarations for school directors & transparency in school donations, first step to real parent involvement in education, not just position-buying with wealth.
Don't rush Chinese-Thai rail project
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/06/2017
» Passing law (section 44) to break your own law & throw caution to the wind, not advisable. Slowness & caution to-date because benefits of rail projects uncertain.
Educational inequality in Thailand: The challenge
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/05/2017
» As long as focus is on smartest students in a few select schools, educational inequality & low test scores for the country overall will be the result.
Big trees: For beautiful city care for them well
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/05/2017
» Big cities like Bangkok need Big Trees, taking action to make them healthy & safe, not seeking yet another person to punish, is what is needed.
Tradition vs change: Social conflict still bubbling under surface
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/05/2017
» For three years Thailand has been peaceful & without protests, but still bubbling under the surface are deep differences in opinion about social change.
Winds of change: Chula's new student president Netiwit
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/05/2017
» Reform of established rules and traditions, key promises of newly elected Chulalongkorn University student council president.
Trump-Prayut phone call: Closer ties begin
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/05/2017
» First time Thai Prime Minister invited to make state visit to US White House since 2006. Focus change from human rights to regional & economic issues.
Modeling scams, skincare scams, lottery scams, Japan travel scams...
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/04/2017
» Learn & avoid from the costly scam stories of others. Variety of scams reported in last week after Japan travel scam truly mind-boggling.
PhD program boom: 53% below standard
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/04/2017
» 25,000 PhD students in 1,000 programmes, up from 1,380 students in 2008, has led to decline in quality, putting profit before quality.