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Shelters not the answer for HIV patients
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 29/05/2015
» Fact: Some three decades after the first HIV/Aids case struck the country, causing numerous deaths, Thailand has led a successful fight against the disease. The country has a remarkable vaccine programme under way to reduce the risk of transmission.
Your lunch is destroying our world
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/11/2014
» Here is a sobering statistic that, perhaps, could lead us to rethink our daily behaviour. The Pollution Control Department says the number of styrofoam lunch boxes that Thais dump into the environment comes to 61 million a day. This is a record.
River can do without more visual blights
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/10/2014
» Can good intentions end in a disaster? This question popped into my mind when I heard about the project to build a gigantic statue of Luang Por To at Wat Rakang Kositaram on the Thon Buri side of the Chao Phraya River.
Bua Noi poses a test for our humanity
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/09/2014
» Here, again, is the old dilemma of what to do with Bua Noi the gorilla.
Small win for historic preservation
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 04/09/2014
» Finally, there's some good news. An old mansion in Bangkok that has been restored to its past glory has received Unesco recognition.
Labour safety needs to be shored up too
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/08/2014
» The doomed condominium building that collapsed in Pathum Thani's Khlong Luang district on Monday, causing over 30 casualties, is a wake-up call regarding labour safety in this country.
Green activist movement loses warrior
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 17/07/2014
» A few years after disappearing from the public eye, environmentalist Sutthi Atchasai, who was known for his relentless fight against Map Ta Phut pollution, shot himself at his house in Rayong on Tuesday, much to the distress of his family and friends.
Hearings are no longer for the public
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 19/06/2014
» It probably doesn’t matter if some people in Bangkok were unaware of the public hearings for Map Ta Phut city planning which took place yesterday in a local government office.
War on people trade ‘making progress’
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 16/05/2014
» The omission of the fisheries issue from a recent hearing of a powerful US House committee on human trafficking has given Thai authorities a brief respite from claims that our record in fighting human trafficking is wanting.
A real people's forum gathers, sans politics
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 19/12/2013
» This is a follow up from my column last week in which I gave an overture of a people's forum, muan maha pracha kui _ an attempt by a group of people who want to create a public forum that is not dominated by politicians from whatever camps.