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Smith: Bangkok unlikely to escape floods
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/10/2011
» Timing and coordinating water release from dams was key to avoid Bangkok flooding. Crop irrigation & electricity generation handled by different govt agencies.
Thai-Vietnam rice summit
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/09/2011
» Thai rice prices set to rise from $550 to $800 a tonne. Vietnam's exports skyrocketing. India's rice $150 cheaper after lifting rice export ban.
Thailand's one tablet per child policy
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/09/2011
» How can tablet computers be used to educate children? Suranand Vejjajiva takes a look at the issues.
Rice policy: Govt spending black hole?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/09/2011
» Will consumers pay for huge rice price subsidies, far above market prices? Will ignoring the market lead to a vicious cycle of government spending?
Poisonous hotel rooms
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/08/2011
» Investigation failure. No one held accountable. Cause of Chiang Mai tourist deaths remains unclear.
Hot money to rock Asian capital markets
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/08/2011
» Foreign capital flows into Asia and stronger currencies likely after US sovereign credit rating downgrade, ADB capital market report predicts.
State officials altered land records
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/08/2011
» Illegal transfer of land reform and forest reserve land to private ownership used politicians and village headmen. Land even sold over the internet.
Fitness sales practices now regulated
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/08/2011
» Fitness center contracts and sales practices, a source of heavy complaints for years, are now regulated by Thailand's consumer protection agency.
Fight cervical cancer, join the march
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/08/2011
» Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common cancer among women in Thailand: 10,000 new cases each year, 14 women dieing each day.
Hoarding rice, supply shortages
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/07/2011
» Rice may be difficult to find on store shelves soon as millers hold back stocks from packers, expecting windfall profits with new rice policy.