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Education reform: Share classroom best practice nationwide
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/03/2017
» Throw away failed top-down approaches, share classroom best practice nationwide & strive for continual improvement.
Long life global trend: South Korean women lead at 90
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/02/2017
» Longer life tied to universal access to healthcare & nutrition as in Korea, Japan & France, but not US in relative decline because it does not have universal access.
Bangkok police chief: Salary from big alcohol company
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/12/2016
» Top cop gets 600,000 baht a year from major alcohol producer. What advice or special services does company receive? Do lower ranking officials get payments also?
Math & science teachers to be tested
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/11/2016
» Exams to test teacher skills in math & science. If teacher fails, to be trained, retested & if no improvement, moved to different subject.
How to become Japanese
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/08/2016
» Japan has a growing worker shortage & some say "only immigration can save Japan" but becoming Japanese has never been easy.
What's new in business news: May 26, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/05/2015
» Lucky mobile phone number auction expected to generate billions in revenue, Prime Minister Prayut on the economy & multinational transfer pricing practices under scrutiny in new law.
What's new in business news: March 16, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/03/2015
» New low cost airline Nokscoot flying to Korea & China, Prayut & Japanese PM discuss rail, water, Dawei & farm exports, & Thailand not a high-tax country, almost no local taxes.
Fewer babies = later retirement?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/11/2012
» In Japan with less young people to support the old & a society built around work retirement age increase welcomed but in Europe met with protests.
Electronics workforce: Skill upgrade + English needed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/06/2012
» Electronics industry with exports of 1.6 trillion baht & 200,000 employees, could shrink 50% in 3 years without educational & skill improvements.
Rapid capital market development in Asean
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/05/2011
» Transparent capital markets stretch across ASEAN borders replacing the secrecy of banks, local-currency bond markets reducing risk of currency and maturity mismatch.