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Banned bets
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/10/2025
» Re: "Anutin bans poker, sports gambling nationwide", (BP, Oct 23). So, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has banned gambling again. The prohibition specifically aims at poker and other similar sports-themed card games. The Ministry of Tourism and Sport earlier classified poker only as a sport? Well, it's not, is it -- it's a card game that is invariably played for money, unlike many others, such as bridge, which are not.
Bombs don't work
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/06/2025
» Re: "Trump's MAGA fans upset over possible Iran strike", (World, June 22).
Cop bribery queries
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/01/2023
» Re: "DSI suspends five officers suspected in Nauru consul embezzlement case," (BP, Jan 22) and "DSI must clear up image," (Opinion, Jan 20).
Land solution
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/11/2022
» Re: "Govt bows to pressure on foreign land buyers", (BP, Nov 9).
Forest fantasy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/08/2022
» Re: "Reforestation rethink required", (BP, July 24).
Needs must not
News, Postbag, Published on 13/03/2022
» Re: "Japan prepares to provide $500m soft loan," (Business, March 11).
Who Blinks first?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/12/2021
» Re: "Implications of Blinken's aborted visit," (Opinion, Dec 17).
Shady Thamanat
News, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2020
» Re: "Alro readying to repossess forest land, rent it back to businesses", (BP, June 14).
Malls can wait
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/04/2020
» The mall operators are the same moguls who want to help the government. It is the right time for the government to think and act in new ways as Thai society passes through the turmoil caused by Covid-19. Starting next month, the focus should be on four key issues, not on opening the malls. They are: How to prevent the current stage of the virus from reaching a next-stage outbreak; how to help poor people affected by the Covid crisis; how to reform immigration laws to attract foreign investment and prevent our image from deteriorating; and how to reform education and integrate online learning at all levels. Surprisingly, online businesses are thriving, hence malls can wait. It is high time to bring structural reforms in commerce, immigration and education.
Silencing the youth
News, Postbag, Published on 14/12/2019
» Well, let's see. This week we learned that the permafrost in the Arctic is thawing much faster than was anticipated which is going to lead to a faster rise of sea levels than we had anticipated.