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Seek casino referendum
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/04/2024
» If the Srettha government is to proceed with its plan to build entertainment complexes with casinos, it must first seek a referendum.
Time to tackle VAT
News, Editorial, Published on 29/08/2023
» It has become the pattern that every time the Ministry of Finance floats the idea of raising value-added tax (VAT) or making any changes at all, critics come out to bombard the plan, sending officials running for cover.
A failure to communicate
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/07/2021
» In a time when society needs unity to overcome the pandemic, it's dispiriting to see the Governmental Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) filing a libel lawsuit against Thonburi Healthcare Group (THG) chairman Boon Vanasin, who recently voiced his frustration about the slow pace of vaccine imports, a reaction related to his group's vaccine procurement having to go through state agencies.
Debt relief half-hearted
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/04/2020
» As tens of millions of Thais are battered by the economic ravages of the Covid-19 outbreak, banks and financial companies have recently come up with "financial relief measures" to help customers going through these hard times.
Time to rein in bank fees
News, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2020
» Most consumers of financial services in Thailand have been charged here and there for almost every kind of transaction and service contract they entered into without banks providing clarification about relevant operational costs. Worse still, they have not had much choice in the matter as most banks apply fees and charges.
Slum's poor lose again
News, Editorial, Published on 10/08/2019
» It is not too difficult to figure out who will win and who will lose in the government's plan to transform the capital's oldest and largest slum into a commercial district, complete with a new "Bangkok landmark".
Premchai a liability to his own business
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/02/2018
» TIT, or “This is Thailand”, is the phrase that has been commonly used here for years when people make fun of the country’s law enforcement, supposedly good governance and other systems. During the past few months, Thailand has been caught in the debate on how the law and the government are going to deal with Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, who has been caught wearing 25 luxury watches worth close to 40 million baht in total but had failed to include them in his assets declaration. The agency which is investigating the case against him is led by his former secretary, while his alibi has been that he had borrowed the watches from his friends, one of whom has passed away.
Time for digital TV to stand on its own
News, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2018
» As the government moves to salvage the ailing digital TV industry, critics are questioning whether it is moral for the state to extend a helping hand to business operators whose only purpose is profitability.