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Our bloated bureaucracy bodes only ill
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/01/2022
» The government has grown ever larger over the past decade. The fact would be hailed as positive news if the affairs of governance were a private enterprise.
Thais need to change shameful driving attitudes
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/11/2019
» A viral video seen earlier this week has sparked debates about Thais' lack of road discipline yet again.
We must banish our national curse of graft
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 04/11/2017
» When the military junta took over the government, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha proclaimed to loud cheers an age of reform.
Nobody likes VAT, but the poor like it far less
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/10/2017
» There are times when a country needs to raise revenues to boost development. But the means towards the goal are often skewed against the more disadvantaged people in society.
Legalisation of casinos is no black and white issue
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 26/06/2015
» Do you gamble? If you say you never gamble, then you belong in a tiny minority of the human race. But I bet you have loved ones who gamble.
Development forges on, but at what cost?
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/12/2014
» US President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his executive authority to impose an indefinite ban on oil and gas exploration in Alaska's picturesque Bristol Bay, home to beluga and killer whales and the endangered North Pacific right whale.
Bribe row gives media chance to reclaim its mission
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 25/07/2014
» During the past week, the media has been hit by a double whammy that virtually turned its world upside down.
Pillaging of resources shows depth of political rot
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 23/05/2014
» If Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha had declared martial law a few days earlier, the rogue soldier who led an armed gang to attack the villagers of Ban Na Nong Bong might have had second thoughts.
Public must unite in condemning protest violence
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 28/02/2014
» The summer winds are blowing in just as the political scene has heated up to the extent that no other affairs of state are more urgent now than ensuring peace is restored.
Crisis offers rare chance to restore media's integrity
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/12/2013
» When anti-government protesters stormed television stations to demand they broadcast news and pronouncements coming out of their gathering, their actions were roundly denounced as media intimidation.