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Beyond handouts
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/10/2024
» Re: "Plan won't end poverty", (BP, Sept 30).
Nixing votes isn't fair
News, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2019
» First was the Constitutional Court's dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart Party. Now, the Electoral Commission is weighing in with a plan to disallow the votes of voters who had been unscrupulously "led" or "influenced" into voting for certain candidates.
Chemical menace
News, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2019
» We read in "Watch what you eat", (Life, March 5), that "eating different types of fruits and vegetables helps cut the risk of taking in too many chemicals".
More carriages needed
News, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2019
» It is gratifying to read about the new transit lines being built in Bangkok.
Think of the tourists
News, Postbag, Published on 09/02/2019
» Surasak Glahan in his Feb 7 commentary, "Justice system still shackled by politics", hit the nail on the head. Thailand as we all know has a bad human rights record. I can only blame the people who are handling this case, which I am sorry to say will harm Thailand in the long run, with a loss in the number of tourists. I would like to know the number of Bahraini tourists versus Australian tourists coming to Thailand. I would dare say there are more Australians.
Democracy a must
News, Postbag, Published on 06/02/2019
» Re: "Regime fails on corruption", (Editorial, Feb 4). Imagine that! Despite their most earnest promises, corruption has not improved under the unelected politicians, whose autocratic rule rejects the democratic norms of transparency, honesty and respect for persons that can alone combat corruption! Following May 22, 2014, no other outcome was ever credible.
Diesel hysteria
News, Postbag, Published on 01/02/2019
» Re: "Fuming about diesel", (PostBag, Jan 30).
Diesel must die
News, Postbag, Published on 26/01/2019
» So, Pol Gen Aswin is going to "spearhead a campaign to tackle fine dust particles", (BP, Jan 25).
Promises, promises
News, Postbag, Published on 22/01/2019
» Re: "Pro-election protesters dodge anti-unrest group", (BP, Jan 20). Like the promising Thai intellects on the student council of Ramkhamhaeng University, the Facebook group Unity Before Election shows proper Thainess in opposing those actively calling for elections.