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Grassroots fault govt help
News, Published on 03/04/2022
» The cabinet has decided to implement 10 measures to ease the burden on households and micro-business owners following a spike in the cost of living prompted by increased fuel prices.
Pearl loses its lustre
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/02/2022
» Phuket, as does any attraction, relies on having a positive image among potential visitors. However, such an image is always vulnerable to being sullied by high-profile crimes as well as a perceived lack of safety.
The effects of digitalisation
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 11/12/2017
» This year marked a sea change with consumers became more accepting of digitalisation, especially regarding purchasing behaviour. From pre-purchase activities through to post-purchase consumption, evaluation and disposal activities, digitalisation affected all those behaviours.
Commuters' enthusiasm about the Purple Line fades
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/08/2016
» Hardly a day went by over the past five or six years when I wouldn't hear enthusiastic chatter about the MRT's Purple Line. But now that it has finally opened, the long-awaited service has drawn mixed reactions from commuters.
State enterprise law means no more skipping work
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/08/2016
» "My job [at an undisclosed state enterprise] is nothing serious," a taxi driver once told his fare, a Business Post reporter. "I punch in for work in the morning, then leave to drive my cab all day making extra money, and at four I rush back to the office to clock out.
Prepare to hail the end of taxi frustration
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 30/11/2014
» For commuters like Pornsawan “Uh” Srisuwanna, being rejected by taxi drivers is a daily frustration.
Your car is not a barstool
Spectrum, Angus Mitchell, Published on 06/10/2013
» Last week we outlined the possible scenarios a person might face under the Road Traffic Act BE 2522 (1979) if they are found to be over the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit while operating a motor vehicle.
Brown and out? Black family in land of stares
Spectrum, Published on 14/07/2013
» A motorcycle taxi driver slips off the bike he had been perched on at the mouth of a soi. A tuk-tuk driver rear-ends a car stopped at a red light. A lady walks straight into a lift door.
Motorbikes, miles and an endless cycle for slum girl
Spectrum, Father Joe Maier, Published on 16/06/2013
» The first time, 12 years ago, it was an easy rescue. Her dad, a European man, kicked down the door, barged in and beat up the two bad guys with his fists, cracked their skulls with a beer bottle, and picked up his three-year-old daughter, Miss Jew Waew. He waved down a taxi and brought her to us at Mercy. He had heard that we took care of abandoned kids.
Ex-street kids fight the nightmares and find the dream
Spectrum, Father Joe Maier, Published on 05/08/2012
» Ever since she was 11 and on the streets, Noi had always dreamed she would get married in the proper style, with a dowry, a ring and a bridesmaid. Her husband would have a real job and talk nice and love her. After she met the right man she promised herself that she would make it happen, and she wanted it even more after her two children were born. Her husband Somchai, also street-raised, always had the same response when she told him of her matrimonial dreams: "Why not?" But that was as far as it went.