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Cheaper EVs, cleaner air
News, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2019
» Let's admit it. The car culture of Thai commuters will not go away anytime soon, even though Bangkok's electric rail networks will see a lot of improvements in the coming years.
Don't scrimp on healthcare
News, Editorial, Published on 30/09/2019
» Achieving universal healthcare coverage by 2030 is one of the targets within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 on health. It is a target that Thailand achieved when it rolled out universal healthcare coverage (UHC), known locally as the 30-baht healthcare scheme, in 2002.
Admit errors, cure the ills
News, Editorial, Published on 29/06/2019
» Unlike China's communist dictatorship, which has delivered rapid and sustained high economic growth since 1979, Thailand's authoritarian rule over the past five years has presided over only slow growth in the economy.
Tickets to ride too expensive
News, Editorial, Published on 31/05/2019
» As new electric train lines are scheduled to be up and running later this year and over the next few years, commuters will be able to travel across Greater Bangkok with ease, hopping from one system to another of these sprawling train networks without having to get stuck in traffic jams. But such travel convenience will come at a high cost, as has been the case for several years already.