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Our elderly must have a safety net
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/07/2016
» Thailand's success in reducing fertility levels in the past few decades has brought it an unavoidable consequence -- a rising ageing population. The sheer size demands state measures to enable Thailand to be better prepared for dealing with an ageing society.
Thai governments are failing our farmers
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/06/2016
» Just like its predecessors, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has over the past years injected large sums of cash into the rural economy, channelling a total of 143 billion baht through different forms of funds and soft loans. More recently, the cabinet on June 21 decided to revitalise the rural economy with another 45 billion baht in the form of aid schemes, subsidies and soft loans, in an attempt to assist farmers who are feeling the pinch of the worst drought in a decade and sagging prices of farm products.
Corporate tax changes hold out hope of cleaner society
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/06/2016
» When the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) which took the power in 2014, it put some goals, including corruption eradication, and national reform, on its priority list. Such goals are enshrined in the draft charter written by the Constitutional Drafting Committee under Meechai Ruchupan which is up for the referendum on Aug 7.
Society must work to sanction tax cheats
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/05/2016
» The Finance Ministry's tax reform process, with a new tax structure, is well under way. The next step is to find ways to get tough with tax dodgers.
Sommai tax idea was sound -- this one isn't
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/04/2016
» The proposed land and buildings tax which will be imposed on property with an appraisal price of 50 million baht or higher attests to the fact that "fiscal reform" is just lip service.
Same old drug lords
News, Published on 10/04/2016
» The amazing fact about the Golden Triangle drug scene is just how much it has changed in the past 10 years. That is, hardly at all.
As ageing society approaches, fiscal reform needed
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/03/2016
» At a glance, despite public debt accounting for 44% of GDP, it appears the government remains safe from the immediate risk of fiscal crises and is still able to acquire low-interest loans from domestic sources.
China 'rounds up overseas dissidents' relatives' over letter
AFP, Published on 28/03/2016
» BEIJING - Chinese authorities have detained the relatives of several dissidents living abroad, they said, as part of a widening crackdown following the publication of a letter critical of President Xi Jinping.
Amnesty condemns 'detentions' linked to Xi letter
AFP, Published on 26/03/2016
» BEIJING - Amnesty International on Friday condemned reported Chinese detentions linked to a letter calling on President Xi Jinping to resign, after a US-based dissident said his parents and brother were missing.
Hollywood hits home
Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 18/03/2016
» Hollywood is a truly fascinating global phenomenon. Just take, for instance, The Oscars. Every year, the whole world, so to speak, actively tunes in to ardently agree or disagree with America's ruling on the best factors of American movies.