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Out with the old
News, Postbag, Published on 02/04/2019
» Re: "FFP makes waves for better and worse", (Opinion, April 1).
Unworkable nonsense
News, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2019
» I could not disagree more with the conclusion of Observant Citizen in his March 29 letter that the Thai voting system should result in the party who wins the popular vote taking priority over the party with the highest number of seats.
Every vote counts
News, Published on 29/03/2019
» The current debate over whether the party with the largest number of MPs should take the lead in forming the government, rather than the party with the largest number of votes, is misguided and does not take into account the new electoral system which a majority of Thai voters approved in a 2016 referendum.
A taxing argument
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2019
» A reader in his March 23 letter makes a fair comment on two-tiered pricing for foreigners. But he then goes on to quantify the government's policy of a two-tiered charging system by saying that some farang do not pay taxes. I would dispute this. I am assuming by "some farang" he means tourists, as all foreigners living and working here pay tax in one form or another.
Flawed democracy
News, Published on 23/03/2019
» There are not many letters from readers about democracy now just ahead of the Thai election. Nor did the Democracy Index 2018 get any attention in Thai or world corporate media when released a short time ago. Could it be because the country now teaching the world about democracy is not regarded as a true democracy, but ended up at 25th place as a flawed democracy in the same league as some African countries?
Stop the smog
News, Postbag, Published on 16/03/2019
» Re: "Alternatives for farmers", (Editorial, March 15).
Defining transphobia
News, Postbag, Published on 13/03/2019
» Re: "An open letter on inclusivity", (Life, March 12).
Politicians to blame
News, Published on 09/03/2019
» Re: "TRC dissolution turns up political heat", (Opinion, March 8).
Chemical menace
News, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2019
» We read in "Watch what you eat", (Life, March 5), that "eating different types of fruits and vegetables helps cut the risk of taking in too many chemicals".