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Chinese conspiracy?
News, Postbag, Published on 28/10/2019
» Barry Kenyon is right in pointing out the ridiculously bureaucratic and seemingly hostile attitude of Thailand's immigration authorities which is making the kingdom a far less welcoming destination for Western retirees and tourists alike, but he is completely wrong when he says that in Myanmar "nobody has heard of the TM30"!
A self-poisoning protest
News, Postbag, Published on 27/10/2019
» Some of the very same farmers protesting the paraquat ban are among those who are knowingly or unknowingly shortening their lives by developing cancer and other health problems.
Morally untenable
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/10/2019
» Re: “Not child’s play”, (PostBag, Oct 25). Unfortunately, in his efforts to defend the indefensible, Vint Chavala falls into a common corruption of those whose position is intellectually and morally untenable. He has either not read Yuval Noah Harari’s excellent books, merely copying what others have said about them, or he has failed to understand what Harari says, or he has committed a more serious moral and intellectual sin.
Stop the arms race
News, Postbag, Published on 20/10/2019
» After a half-century of our "Advancing Partnership for Sustainability" Asean, why do we (Asean members) still invest huge money for ridiculous military devices like a jet fighter, destroyer and submarine but our precious forests are still destroyed by bush fire every year which produces a tremendous amount of pollution.
Communist terror
News, Postbag, Published on 16/10/2019
» Re: "Apirat out of touch with modern reality", (Opinion, Oct 14).
Horse first, then cart
News, Postbag, Published on 15/10/2019
» All the hype about the implementation of the SRT is missing a lot of details that are troubling. All the stops pictured in the chart in Monday's Business Section are not destinations that have a developed infrastructure that can handle increased traffic of both people and goods.
Endless debt cycle
News, Postbag, Published on 05/10/2019
» Re: "Handouts not the solution", (Editorial, Oct 4).
Call them to account
News, Postbag, Published on 02/10/2019
» Re: "Horror crash spurs action", (BP, Sept 30).
Oblivious army
News, Postbag, Published on 27/09/2019
» According to the latest UN report on rising sea levels, Bangkok is one of the cities that will be experiencing yearly floods 30 years from now. If the military was really serious about protecting the country, they would be using their budget to move their more vulnerable installations to higher ground and buying equipment to combat floods instead of the attack helicopters, missiles and rockets that army commander Gen Apirat Kongsompong wants.
A touch of irony
News, Postbag, Published on 26/09/2019
» Re: "Prayut hails Thai health system at UN", (BP, Sept 25).