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Bad air days are no laughing matter
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 24/01/2019
» We shouldn't fool ourselves. In the coming weeks, whenever the air quality standard in Bangkok and other cities is declared safe and healthy, it can still be unsafe and deadly.
Welfare blues as scheme proves a slog
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 20/06/2018
» As the Social Security Office (SSO) is proposing a plan for salaried workers and their employers to pay more to its scheme by raising the contribution cap of 750 baht a month to 1,000 baht, I thought it was time for me to claim the benefits that I have rarely used.
Anti-populism law not for greater good
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 09/05/2018
» Raising one finger during her campaigning to symbolise her party's ballot number ahead of the 2011 election, Yingluck Shinawatra rode a wave of popularity all the way to victory. And now the man who threw her caretaker government out of office in 2014 by force has demonstrated he is not shy of using a similar gimmick.
It's enough to make you turn to drink
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 26/06/2017
» As Buddhist Lent approaches, the puritan ethic of alcohol abstinence is being brushed-up and preached again. As if the many insensible laws curbing alcohol consumption in the nanny state of Thailand are not enough, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) is spending tax money on its annual campaign pursuing unrealistic goals with a laughable strategy.