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Handouts not the solution
News, Editorial, Published on 04/10/2019
» As doubts persist over whether the 1,000-baht cash-handout and 15% cash-rebate schemes will boost local tourism, the government has hinted that it is considering a "second phase" of this splurge.
City trains far too pricey
News, Editorial, Published on 03/10/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha marked the success of the new Blue Line extension linking Thonburi's Lak Song to Hua Lamphong station with a promise: more trains will be built to help Bangkok combat the twin problems of traffic congestion and air pollution.
Poll law and disorder
News, Editorial, Published on 02/10/2019
» Imagine Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his cabinet members losing their jobs to a new coalition government led by Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.
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.
Young voices silenced
News, Editorial, Published on 28/09/2019
» The odds that a young Thai activist would be allowed to make a daring speech in front of the powers-that-be in Thailand, in the same vein as 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at the UN climate summit, are not slim but nil. Since the 2014 coup, the ruling regimes and conservative forces have expected young political activists to keep their mouths shut or face trouble. Lately, one such person who has experienced firsthand the bitter consequences of daring to speak out is 23-year-old student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal.
The right to local polls
News, Editorial, Published on 27/09/2019
» It has now been more than five years since the military regime of Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha deprived the Thai people of their right to elect their local administrators and councillors. Though a national poll was finally held in March, the "elected" government of Gen Prayut is still keeping the public in the dark when it comes to the return of local elections.
Breaking a toxic deadlock
News, Editorial, Published on 25/09/2019
» Despite controlling the Department of Agriculture, Mananya Thaiset has struggled to make headway in her mission to ban the three toxic farm chemicals -- paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos. Frustrating the deputy agriculture and cooperatives minister's efforts are influential mandarins in the department who are refusing to cooperate.
Govt evading climate truths
News, Editorial, Published on 24/09/2019
» On Sept 20, more than 200 young demonstrators stormed into the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry to demand government action on climate change.
Warming up to draft's end
News, Editorial, Published on 23/09/2019
» Once a fierce opponent of ideas to abolish military conscription, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently signalled a possible change of heart -- or at least, a more open heart.
Our car-free days just token effort
News, Editorial, Published on 22/09/2019
» For another year, today's Bangkok Car Free Day, the local version of an annual awareness-raising event observed in cities across the world, has been reduced to a PR stunt by the city administration and central government.