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Growing pains
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/10/2025
» Re: "Infrastructure upgrade to lift Thai tourism", (Business, Oct 25).
Land Bridge folly
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/09/2025
» Re: "Govt's ambitious land bridge project 'puts residents at risk'", (BP, Aug 29) & "Critics push to review port reports", (BP, Aug 6).
Bridge of disinterest
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/01/2024
» Re: "PM in Davos for WEF", and "4 MFP MPs quit bridge panel", (BP, Jan 15).
Cheers to savings!
Postbag, Published on 10/01/2024
» Re: "Booze tax cut approved to boost tourism", (BP, Jan 5).
A silly syllabus
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/11/2020
» Former Education Minister Somsak Prissananantakul favours providing students with a better understanding of history (BP, Nov 3), so long as a process known as chamra prawattisat be undertaken, in which academics with differing opinions come together to agree on a standard interpretation. This proposal sums up much of what is wrong with Thai education, and perhaps Thai culture as well. Why have a standard interpretation of history? So it can be crammed down students' throats for later regurgitation on command? History is like a photograph. It captures events from a specific angle, with a specific depth of field, and perhaps through various filters. Why not expose students to multiple interpretations and let them, through discussion, identify the biases in each and, in the process, develop critical thinking skills?
THAI tailwinds
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/04/2020
» Re: "Panel mulls rescue plan for virus-hit Thai Airways", (BP, April 17).
Immigration woes
News, Postbag, Published on 30/03/2020
» Re: "End tourist paper chase", (Editorial, March 28).
Party loans nothing new
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2020
» In response to the Election Commission's action over the Future Forward Party because it borrowed money from its founder, the Constitutional Court has disbanded the FFP and banned its directors from political activity for many years.
FCCT is for journos
News, Postbag, Published on 07/09/2019
» Re: "Time to pipe down?", (PostBag, Sept 5).
Dark Ages, be gone
News, Postbag, Published on 06/09/2019
» Corporal punishment, eg, spanking, is common in Thai primary schools -- despite it being against Ministry of Education regulations and counter-productive to creating a love of learning.