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Govt needs to get its vaccine priorities right
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 13/05/2021
» The government's recent change in its vaccination rollout plan to re-prioritise a risk group, the majority of them low-paid workers in the capital, may sound like a perfect preventive plan. But it's not yet inclusive enough.
Mall rush woes: But where are Thais to relax?
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/05/2020
» The country's second reopening on Sunday saw big crowds gather at department stores citywide amid fears that social distancing measures might be compromised. Most of the malls were full and Ikea in Bang Na had to close early in the afternoon as the number of customers exceeded the daily quota.
What if axe lady wasn't a total psycho?
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/02/2018
» Parking in a prohibited spot may land you a ticket and a fine. But leaving your car in front of someone's house can get you in even deeper trouble -- as experienced by a woman whose car was smashed by an angry house owner when she did just that.
City project dreams turn to nightmares
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/07/2017
» I've always dreamed of a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly Bangkok, but it seems when the City Hall initiates projects to promote such anecofriendly lifestyle, they tend to turn my dreams into nightmares.
'Magic pills' won't help raise children
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 16/02/2017
» Have you taken your magic pills today, young ladies?
The wonder of breast milk
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 14/05/2013
» It seemed like a miracle when a pre-term baby survived her second day without oxygen support. But it wasn't. It was simply nature.
Empowering Workers
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 01/05/2012
» After years of getting paid to sew fabric by the piece, home-based worker Sujin Rungsawang never knew what she and her fellow workers were branded as. That is, until one day she was told by an activist that she was an "informal worker", who needed to have access to the social security programme.