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Canal's long history
News, Postbag, Published on 16/08/2021
» Re: "Bravo for history record", (PostBag, Aug 15).
Bravo for history record
News, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2021
» Re: "Nothing ever changes," (PostBag, Aug 9).
Closures to backfire?
News, Postbag, Published on 28/06/2021
» Re: "Capital avoids total lockdown", and "Giving us a break", (BP and PostBag, June, 26).
Shift from tourism
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/04/2021
» I commend Nareerat Wiriyapong for her April 19 article, "Tourism revival in doubt again" which presented a clear-eyed, factual analysis. My only criticism is that an earnest revival is but probably impossible. As roughly 60% of Thailand's tourists came from the West, Thailand can expect little recovery in Western tourists, because of the rise of unemployment, fear of health safety as well as mounting bankruptcies. Even more, few Western tourists are likely to be interested in travelling in an era of face mask wearing, social distancing, field hospitals, ever-changing policies and draconian penalties related to Covid-19 related measures as well as unpredictable lockdown.
Suppression doomed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2021
» A new generation young people is readying itself to tackle the problems passed on to them by previous generations: the climate emergency, economic inequality and the decomposition of cultural integrity. The spirit of transformation towards sustainability and social justice has not only emerged in Thailand but globally. The willingness to co-create a just and flourishing society in harmony with nature irrespective of the enormous burdens from the past manifests itself in the region as the "Milk Tea Alliance": young people in Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan and now even more strongly in Myanmar, India (farmers' protests supported by youth), and likely to be the case also in Malaysia and Indonesia.
NACC takes the lead
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/02/2021
» The NACC is to be highly praised for its courage in finding Palang Pracharath Party MP Pareena Kraikupt guilty of extreme ethical misconduct for having a 771-rai poultry farm in a national forest (BP, Feb 11).
Govt's muddled priorities
News, Postbag, Published on 31/01/2021
» Re: "Time to open schools", (Opinion Jan.29).
Rooted in feudalism
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/01/2021
» I must say Prof Thitinan Pongsudhirak ("What the 'Pimrypie' sensation foretells", Opinion, Jan 22) correctly exposes the flaws of Thai hierarchical society (Opinion, Jan 22). In spite of the superhighways, BTS, malls, majestic wats and palaces, Thailand remains rooted in its feudal past. It is the same in a few other countries surrounding Thailand.
Too speedy indeed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/01/2021
» The Road Safety Directing Centre provided holiday accident statistics from around the country up to and including Saturday (published on Sunday, Jan 3). On closer inspection, however, the figures suggest they have been compiled with perhaps undue haste.
A monopoly, for sure
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/11/2020
» Re: "A more unequal society than ever before", (Opinion, Nov 14).