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Public needs say on EEC project
News, Editorial, Published on 23/04/2017
» Viewed from an economic perspective, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government's move to extend the land lease period for foreign investors to areas designated for the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) appears to be a step in the right direction. Under the plan, eligible foreign investors are entitled to 50-year leases for residential development and 99-year leases for some of the commercial/industrial areas in the EEC zone. The plan, which is also known as the next phase of the Eastern Seaboard project, covers Chon Buri, Rayong and Chachoengsao.
Roads still too deadly
News, Editorial, Published on 15/04/2017
» At a glance, the lower death toll at the beginning of this year's Songkran festival may give the impression that the government's road safety campaign has yielded some success. However, this is not quite the case.
It's rush hour for road safety
News, Editorial, Published on 11/04/2017
» There is no wilder weekend holiday in Thailand than Songkran, and that goes for neighbouring countries as well. In Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, most business comes to a halt, as citizens and visitors mark the traditional New Year. Much fun is had, even if revellers sometimes err on the wrong side of decorum.
Preserve city street food
News, Editorial, Published on 27/03/2017
» City Hall has, all too predictably, botched it again. By refusing to talk to the people it governs, and by waving away protests instead of listening, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is turning a minor fuss into a major mess. Authorities have ordered food vendors off the pavements of three popular gathering areas between Sukhumvit sois 55 and 71. The world's No.1 Street Food City is about to become the Bangkok deserted sidewalk centre.
Time to take road carnage seriously
News, Editorial, Published on 12/03/2017
» The picture of the wreckage of a double-decker bus that plunged into a ravine in Prachin Buri province, which appeared on several newspapers' front pages, must have broken the hearts of many readers. The doomed bus carried some 50 high school students and teachers from the northeastern province of Khon Kaen who were on a study trip to a royal development study centre in Tha Mai district of Chanthaburi. The trip was a reward for the students after completing their final exams.
Faulty culture of travel firms
News, Editorial, Published on 08/03/2017
» The first specific details of the programme to replace vans with micro buses for inter-city and inter-provincial passengers are now known. The Central Land Transport Control Board, under the supervision of Deputy Minister of Transport Pichit Akarathit, aims to have 55 buses on the roads by July 1. The pilot project will provide useful information. However, this optimistic report leaves out the single most important point.
The sad tale of the tiger
News, Editorial, Published on 28/01/2017
» The death of a tiger from Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary this month provides a stark illustration as to how our forest "management" has failed abysmally.
Vans not worst killer
News, Editorial, Published on 09/01/2017
» After yet another failed government effort to bring down holiday road fatalities, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha talked tough. He said he intends to bring his Section 44 powers to bear, even though harsh road traffic enforcement has so far flunked the test.
Perilous road for bus safety
News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2016
» Last week's tragic bus crashes in which 18 passengers were killed and another 36 people injured was an obvious call to government regulators to become engaged in the interprovincial bus problem.
Police must face up to corruption culture
News, Editorial, Published on 12/06/2016
» The raid last week at a well-known Bangkok brothel shows the need for urgent police reform, and the need to decentralise policing operations and encourage more public participation in its work.