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Public safety No.1
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2025
» This Friday will mark one month since the under-construction MRT station at Vajira Hospital suffered a massive sinkhole on Samsen Road. The public has since been left in the dark, not knowing how a well-designed and costly subway tunnel collapsed so easily.
Retirement age vexes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul recently floated the idea of extending the mandatory retirement age for civil servants from 60 to 65 years old. Though this idea is not new, the fact the proposal comes directly from the prime minister gives it enough political weight to make state agencies take the idea seriously.
Postpone tourism fee
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2022
» A government policy to collect a 300-baht tourism fee from April onwards is a good example of doing the right thing at the wrong time.
Call for more baby bumps
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/02/2021
» As the country's total fertility rate (TFR) hits a record low, with a plunge last year to below 600,000 or 1.51 against the WHO's ideal rate of 2.1, there emerges a need for solid measures to quickly boost the birth rate and stabilise demographic development.
Bond scheme needs rethink
News, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2020
» The government's plan to empower the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to buy corporate bonds with a targeted value of 400 billion baht as a backstop for the bond market has raised concern despite its goal being acceptable.
High-rise oversupply set to crash down
News, Editorial, Published on 25/02/2018
» Talk about a possible bubble in Thailand's property market has been something that has been making its rounds for the past few years, but thankfully none of the market talks have yet materialised.