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Three hollow pillars
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/08/2020
» Re: "Why the Thai student movement can't exist", (Opinion, Aug 28).
Listen to youngsters
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/08/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seems to be in denial about the seriousness of the people who oppose him as he tries to minimise their expressions of unhappiness with him (BP, Aug 19).
United? It already is
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/08/2020
» Re: "We must stay united, says PM", (BP, Aug 7).
Not if but when
News, Postbag, Published on 30/06/2020
» In her June 29 commentary, "It's now time to scrutinise govt 'aid' packages," Khun Paritta Wangkiat mentioned: "if the government fails to assure transparency and efficiency of spending"....... If? Let's face it, that's a certainty.
Roads to ruin
News, Postbag, Published on 22/06/2020
» Re: "MPs plot while the people struggle", (BP, June 15).
Put Thais before THAI
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/06/2020
» I fully agree with Chartchai Parasuk in his June 18 article that "Thai Airways will require 100 billion baht to make up for past and future losses. Without an initial cash bailout, it is almost pointless to discuss business restructuring.
Hazy booze ideas
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/06/2020
» The approach to alcohol in Thailand needs some serious review and new structure. Thailand has great food and great food goes with nice wine and that is in the Mediterranean style and fits with tourism and lifestyle.
Tied up in bows
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/06/2020
» Given how the government seems ready to pounce on the slightest sign of protest (for example, tying white bows to protest against injustice), it is no wonder there is so little trust and people are extremely leery about what the government wants to do with their personal data (Opinion, June 10).
Systemic abuse
News, Postbag, Published on 25/05/2020
» My impression is the main purpose of the education system is to make students as submissive as possible. If that is true, and I believe it is, abusive adults are going to have a field day. Not just sexual abuse, which is the worst form, of course, but verbal and physical abuse too.
Trimming off the top
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/05/2020
» I suspect there is more at play than mere incompetence with regard to the excessive "pruning" of Bangkok's urban trees (BP, April 27). At least some of the trees in question are Burma padauk (known in Thailand as pradu, and scientifically as Pterocarpus macrocarpus).