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Steel firm not ready
News, Postbag, Published on 04/05/2016
» Re: "Myanmar plant snag to cost Milcom B100m", (BP, April 23)
Lame duck Abhisit
News, Postbag, Published on 28/01/2016
» Re: "Sacking Sukhumbhand is no help to the Democrats", (Opinion, Jan 25).
Prevention is better
News, Postbag, Published on 06/01/2016
» UN statistics reveal that 79% of the 12,000 plus homicides taking place on average every year in Thailand are carried out with guns. Add to this more than 20,000 road fatalities per year and 545 killed annually due to the conflict in the deep South seems a mere drop in the blood bucket. But much of this needless horror is preventable. A close look at developed nations proves this. Progress in Thailand can be measured in these simple numbers. How many are dying needlessly every day due to preventable causes like dengue fever, diabetes, heart disease, pneumonia, drunk driving, speeding, failure to wear a helmet, illegal weapons, bombs, drug overdoses, and so many more? One might hope the government would try an ounce of prevention when faced with these staggering statistics if it’s goal truly is to restore happiness for the people.
Let's not generalise
News, Postbag, Published on 20/11/2015
» Mr Wilcox in his Nov 19 letter seems to put great effort into convincing us that terrorists who proclaim themselves to be Muslims are thereby representative of Islam as a whole. Using the same logic, or rather generalisation, all Catholics are homosexual paedophiles, Buddhist monks are purveyors of hate and violence and the Jewish people are murderous Zionist extremists, etc, etc, etc. It simply isn’t true. So I agree. It really is time to get real.