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Preparing workers for the Uber age
News, Surakiart Sathirathai, Published on 28/06/2017
» Would you have believed it if only a few years ago, you were told that you could own the largest and international taxi company without a single car of your own? Today we have Uber. You would never have thought that a business model like those of Uber, Airbnb, Skype and Alibaba would have existed and successfully made the owners billionaires.
Eight challenges Asean must overcome
Surakiart Sathirathai, Published on 08/08/2015
» Exactly 48 years ago, the foreign ministers of the five Founding Members of Asean gathered here in Lamtaen, Bang Saen to chart a new course for this region.
PM faces harsh decisions as government starts to creak
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/07/2015
» Former Pheu Thai Party leader Chaturon Chaisaeng says it is now too late for a cabinet reshuffle as the country's economy has turned so bad that it is beyond repair even if a a few under-performing ministers were to be dumped.
Eco-civilisation and the middle path of Buddhism
News, Published on 29/07/2014
» Rebalancing economic growth toward green and sustainable development cannot be achieved merely through the law and regulations or administrative and bureaucratic measures.
Foreign friends need to help reform bid
News, Published on 11/06/2014
» It is never easy to justify a coup. The international standards of governance, with their emphasis on democracy and human rights, that have evolved in the West over centuries are now considered almost a natural, and certainly desired, state of affairs by those countries.
Thai PBS gives impetus to monarchy debate
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/03/2013
» Like it or not, the issue regarding the monarchy and lese majeste, which is considered "taboo" for public discussion in this country, has rocketed into the limelight along with all the fuss surrounding the controversial role of the Thai PBS television channel which decided to bring the issue out of the closet and into the open.
Section 112 hurts more than helps monarchy
News, Songkran Grachangnetara, Published on 21/03/2013
» Three cheers to the producers of the Thai PBS programme on constitutional monarchy and congratulations to the director and the board of governors of Thai PBS for finally allowing the final installment of the series to be televised. I watched the series with delight and, as a taxpayer who funds the Thai PBS, for once thought my hard-earned cash was put to good use producing an informative programme bringing together differing views from the full spectrum of the intellectual cognoscenti.
Everyone wins in the Thai PBS royalty debate. Right?
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/03/2013
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APRC offers roadmap to prosperity
News, Published on 24/01/2013
» The Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council (APRC) was founded in Bangkok on Sept 5, 2012 by a group of world statesmen and former policy-makers consisting mainly of former heads of state, heads of government, cabinet ministers such as foreign and finance ministers, businessmen, as well as distinguished academics and peace experts, some of whom are still serving in their respective governments.
Black clouds form over Kittiratt's export 'white lie'
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/08/2012
» Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong is suffocating under a deluge of harsh criticism for having admitted that he told a "white lie", as he terms it, about Thailand's export growth target this year in order to boost the confidence of investors. So another bashing from me is unnecessary.