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Digitisation needed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/10/2025
» Re: "New DES minister urged to prioritise AI", (Business, Sept 23). My son, who completed a BBA, has just joined an MBA programme at a local university. For this, he had to cancel his existing visa from his college and apply for a fresh one through his new university. He reached the immigration office at 8am and was given token 78 for cancellation and 900 for issuance of a new visa. With each applicant's process taking about 10 minutes, he would easily be spending over 12 hours there. The officials work beyond 4.30pm and until 9pm to issue or reject every visa.
Public-good transport
Postbag, Published on 20/07/2025
» Re: "Flat fare a good start," (BP, July 17).
Elephant torture
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/03/2024
» Re: "Plans for training centres to tame angry elephants", (BP, March 15).
Gold medal bonanza
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/05/2022
» Re: "SEA Games gold medal haul and targets", (BP sports pages, May 24).
Update donor policy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/03/2022
» Re: "Donor issues", (PostBag, March 21) and "Review blood donation criteria", (Opinion, March 18).
Delay the Olympics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/01/2022
» Re: "Controversy greets countdown", (Sports, Jan 4). The National Hockey League (NHL) announced before recent Christmas that its pulling out all of its players from participating in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing in early February of this year.
Station concerts?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/12/2021
» Re: "Historic Hua Lamphong Station to take on new life under SRT development plans," (BP, Nov 28).