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Beastly diversions
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/10/2024
» Re: "Thailand's most unlikely A-list celebrity", (PostScript, Sept 22) & "Hippo rescue", (PostBag, Oct 17).
Troubled democracy
Postbag, Published on 12/09/2024
» Re: "Thai politics has turned upside down", (Opinion, Aug 23).
Handling the purse
News, Postbag, Published on 24/05/2023
» Re: "MFP needs solid team", (Editorial, May 22).
Profiting on faith
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/08/2022
» Re: “Keeping the faith”, (Business, Aug 22). Absent any supporting statistics, let us take it on faith as reported that “Large numbers of Thais are turning to superstition to help make sense of an increasingly fraught and unstable world”. But is that really an excuse for business to cash in by pandering to wild claims of dubious merit?
AI still falls short
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/08/2022
» Re: "Tech giants pour billions into AI, but hype doesn't always match reality", (Business, July 2).
Give tourists a hand
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2022
» Re: "Hotels 'helping' stranded tourists", (BP, March 13).
Window of opportunism
News, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2022
» Re: "EU to grant blanket protection to refugees", (BP, March 4) and "Early implications of Russian invasion", (Opinion, March 4).
Times are changing
News, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2021
» At a time when the anti-dictatorship student protesters are back on the streets it was interesting to see your article about Bangkok's trains not being just for the rich.
Mass testing best
News, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2020
» The most effective and cheapest way of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic will be to conduct mass testing of the population, as urged by eminent French infectious diseases expert Dr Didier Raoult. He has pointed out that cheaply mass produced testing equipment is already available and is being used effectively in South Korea. Countries, including Thailand, should build up this mass testing capability as fast as it can and test as many people as possible. That way it will be possible to isolate only those who test positive and it also makes it possible to treat those who start showing symptoms early which boosts the chance of a favourable outcome for them. This will be far more effective than locking down entire populations of people who are not infected and causing a massive economic dislocation in the process. In Thailand's case, it may cost US$325 million (10.5 billion baht) to test the entire population, but that would be a drop in the bucket compared to the $8 billion cost of a 5% decline in GDP.
Sour side of sugar
News, Postbag, Published on 15/11/2019
» It is interesting to see how the sugar industry has come out against the ban on the three harmful pesticides. The industry claims the ban will drive up the price of sugar. Somehow, the health of consumers and those who work in the industry does not factor into the equation. Everything is always evaluated in profit margins. The price hike would be enough to drive consumers away from sugar in general. I say, good riddance. Reducing sugar consumption would be a healthier decision for all. In fact, a cut to all sweeteners -- natural or artificial -- should be paramount to one's health and well-being.