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A dodgy question
News, Postbag, Published on 11/04/2016
» I fully agree with election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, who says the extra question to be added to the referendum on the draft charter should be neutral (BP, April 9). Consider these versions:
No adjusting the data
News, Postbag, Published on 06/04/2016
» Based on the size and scope of the Panama Papers leak and the fact that it will keep investigators busy for years, it undoubtedly deserves the acronym PPL.
Tragic end for voters
News, Postbag, Published on 05/04/2016
» We now have a draft constitution to vote on, but how well-informed will we be on the draft?
Prayut losing his cool
News, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2016
» Re: "PM says he won't take more jibes" (BP, March 29).
Blessing in disguise?
News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2016
» With the failure of negotiations with the Chinese government, the junta plans to drastically chop the length of the delayed Thai-Sino high-speed train to just a third of the original plan.
Joke on the water
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2016
» Re: "BMA rides roughshod on river rights", (Opinion, March 23).
A growing concern
News, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2016
» The biggest political issue of the latter 21st century will be how to lessen human population growth.
Put the rubber price problem in the right perspective
News, Published on 09/03/2016
» Not long after Phraya Ratsada-nupradit (Khaw Sim Bee Na Ranong) arranged to secretly ship a large volume of para-rubber (natural rubber) seeds from Penang, Malaysia, to Trang at the beginning of the 20th century (1901), rubber became one of Thailand's major exports, along with rice, teak and tin.
Same story with Tibet
News, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2016
» Re: "China not in the wrong", (PostBag, Feb 25).
Sanctioned deaths
News, Postbag, Published on 25/02/2016
» In your editorial "Officials in a haze", (BP, Feb 23), concerning the smoke haze in northern Thailand that has been increasing since 2007, you pin most of the blame on large agro-companies burning vegetated land to clear it for corn plantations, and the accompanying ill-effects on people's health.