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Bridging dreams
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 06/08/2024
» In Udon Thani city's bustling streets, Onpriya Sesachon's world expanded when she first encountered dishes like cashew chicken, khai raberd and tamarind cheesecake during an internship at T-Time Café & Restaurant.
Harnessing the power of data
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 04/10/2022
» When teacher Chiratip Kaewphaisan heard about the imminent visit by a team collecting data in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom for a national survey on children and women, she had just one question: "Will [relevant government agencies] send an expert or a tutor to offer a special class for the students?"
What Thais can learn from Korean culture
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 18/06/2021
» Despite their huge popularity, I've always held off from watching Korean TV series. But being forced into home hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic, I found myself glued to the set watching Hospital Playlist and Live Up To Your Name -- two Korean TV hits.
Govt spurred its own jab PR fiasco
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/05/2021
» The high-profile Covid vaccine event on Monday -- in which Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was given his second shot of AstraZeneca vaccine -- should have been a game-changing PR campaign that promotes the state vaccine programme. Yet the event turned into a PR calamity that stirred up critics, rather than boosting much-needed public confidence.
Can govt rise to jab roll-out challenge?
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/05/2021
» The colossal vaccine rollout plan in Bangkok -- 10 million doses to inoculate five million people over two months -- shows how the government has finally come to its senses that the only way to revive the economy is to create herd immunity as soon as possible.
Govt needs to get its vaccine priorities right
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 13/05/2021
» The government's recent change in its vaccination rollout plan to re-prioritise a risk group, the majority of them low-paid workers in the capital, may sound like a perfect preventive plan. But it's not yet inclusive enough.
City slum clusters demand special care
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 06/05/2021
» Just when we were made to believe that the Thong Lor cluster had subsided, the Klong Toey cluster emerged.
Vaccines don't mean you can't infect others
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/04/2021
» 'Don't worry, I already received my first vaccination shot [against Covid-19]. I won't be infected," the taxi driver told me confidently, almost in a carefree manner, when I asked him to put his face-mask on.
Uniform fuss can't be tackled uniformly
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/12/2020
» With some phu yai rattled by the campaign for students to wear casual attire launched on Tuesday by the "Bad Students" group, I am glad that we've come to the point where school uniforms may be disposed of. This could be the first time we've had a real discussion about them.
CP-Tesco merger spells pain for small businesses
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/11/2020
» The decision by the government's competition watchdog to approve the merger of Charoen Pokphand Group and local retail business Tesco Lotus left me speechless.