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Gold isn't everything
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2024
» Re: "Nation ranks 44th at Games: 3rd in Asean", (BP, Aug 13).
Peacetime frigate?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/11/2023
» Re: "Sutin backs military modernisation", (BP, Nov 10).
Very thorough
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/08/2023
» Re: "Senate to play pivotal role", (Editorial, Aug 14).
Cluster bomb shame
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/07/2023
» Re: "Zelensky bags US cluster bombs, Erdogan Nato nod", (BP, July 9). Mine clearance is still ongoing on Thailand's borders and in neighbouring countries. People are still born with physical defects over 50 years after the Vietnam conflict due to Agent Orange and losing limbs and lives due to land mines.
Think of the people
News, Published on 10/04/2023
» Re: "Pheu Thai talks up its B10k cash giveaway," (BP, April 8) & "Cash handouts spark concern," (BP, April 7).
Favourite phrase
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/08/2022
» Re: "Lop-sided justice", (PostBag, Aug 23).
Who Blinks first?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/12/2021
» Re: "Implications of Blinken's aborted visit," (Opinion, Dec 17).
Mass testing best
News, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2020
» The most effective and cheapest way of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic will be to conduct mass testing of the population, as urged by eminent French infectious diseases expert Dr Didier Raoult. He has pointed out that cheaply mass produced testing equipment is already available and is being used effectively in South Korea. Countries, including Thailand, should build up this mass testing capability as fast as it can and test as many people as possible. That way it will be possible to isolate only those who test positive and it also makes it possible to treat those who start showing symptoms early which boosts the chance of a favourable outcome for them. This will be far more effective than locking down entire populations of people who are not infected and causing a massive economic dislocation in the process. In Thailand's case, it may cost US$325 million (10.5 billion baht) to test the entire population, but that would be a drop in the bucket compared to the $8 billion cost of a 5% decline in GDP.
Silencing the youth
News, Postbag, Published on 14/12/2019
» Well, let's see. This week we learned that the permafrost in the Arctic is thawing much faster than was anticipated which is going to lead to a faster rise of sea levels than we had anticipated.