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Apply the constitution
News, Postbag, Published on 13/09/2019
» Re: "Thamanat wins PM's backing", (BP, Sept 11).
Government lottery
News, Postbag, Published on 20/04/2019
» The current impasse with Thai politics in selecting a prime minister might never be resolved due to the problems with the rules as stipulated in the 2017 charter. Obviously, the rules were inadequate because there is no readily available solution.
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.
Yearning for Thainess
News, Postbag, Published on 29/01/2018
» Re: "Regime push for 'Thainess' turns sinister", (Opinion, Jan 26).
All in the planning
News, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2018
» In a Jan 9 report on the withdrawal of plans for a "skywalk" over the Chao Phraya River, Deputy Bangkok governor Jumpol Sampaopol stated that "similar walkways had been built in many big cities including London and Paris".
School of no thoughts
News, Postbag, Published on 26/05/2017
» Re: "How our education sustains dictatorship", (Opinion, May 25).