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Blighted regime
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/01/2022
» Re: "Card holders can now use any hospital", (BP, Jan 3). Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's characterisation of his ministry's new policy of allowing cardholders to access any hospital as a "New Year's gift" to cardholders is illustrative of one of Thai society's most toxically dysfunctional structural elements: namely the largely unchallenged acceptance in Thailand that a major role of government in a democratic polity should be to dole out largesse to its citizen-supplicants.
Let her trade
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 22/02/2021
» Everybody in the world has felt the effects of the pandemic in one way or another. In the world of business, Covid-19 has forced countless entrepreneurs to the sidelines, wreaking havoc on international trade and pushing millions into a sea of uncertainty.
A new way of thought during unusual times
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 30/07/2020
» Amid the pandemic and digital disruption, businesses need to create a "value proposition" by considering the three P's -- profit, people and planet -- as core values and embrace the "above-the-ocean strategy" (AOS) for resilience, says a brand specialist.
Opening new doors
Asia focus, Published on 08/06/2020
» An increasing focus on security has given rise to many different forms of access control for buildings and other physical locations. Means of entry can include a card, a token, or even a biometric scan. Access control plays a vital role in helping deter unwanted intrusions, protect property and enhance the safety of public facilities.
Engineering the future
Asia focus, Published on 27/04/2020
» For anyone looking to build a fulfilling career in the manufacturing industry, a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's in management represent a good way to prepare. It's an approach that has certainly paid off for Sandeep Nair.
Global first
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 02/12/2019
» In 1990, King's College law student Milton Cheng joined Baker McKenzie in London, believing that the international law firm was the only one in those days that had a clear plan to invest in Asian talent.
Danish legal system rocked by flawed phone location evidence
AFP, Published on 11/09/2019
» COPENHAGEN: The use of mobile phone location data to solve crimes has come under scrutiny in Denmark after a glitch that has thrown thousands of cases into question and led to the release of more than 30 detainees.
Thailand a new fulcrum for big hitters
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 30/07/2019
» Is it by design or default that foreign ministers of the world's three most powerful nations are making their official visits to Thailand at the same time? It does not matter actually. First of all, they are scheduled to be here to attend the Post Ministerial Meeting, East Asian Foreign Ministerial Meeting and Asean Regional Forum anyway. That was it. But the US, China and Russia want to have their presence felt strongly, stating that their trips would be official ones, not at the working level like those of other dialogue partners.
Pooling her resources, 'Pui' bolsters S.Napa
Business, Published on 22/06/2019
» Katevalee "Pui" Napasab, representing the second generation of family business S.Napa Thailand Co, aims to create sustainable growth before transferring all responsibilities to the third generation of the Napasab family.
No Chinese belt, road or bedrooms for Mahathir
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 30/08/2018
» Perplexed, wounded, indignant or still optimistic. The Chinese developer Country Garden Holdings Co. can put any spin it wants on its Forest City project, a US$100 billion Malaysian township whose fate suddenly has been thrown into doubt after Mahathir Mohamad's pointed refusal to let foreigners buy apartments or live in them long term.