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Bad marketing
News, Postbag, Published on 24/02/2018
» How could all five markets at the Seri Villa housing estate, Prawet, have been operating illegally, with some violating the building code as well? The markets have been operating in plain sight for years, with customers jamming streets with parked cars. BMA governor Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang is to be praised for quickly checking on the Prawet markets and vowing to review all 364 markets in Bangkok.
Surakiart's key role
News, Postbag, Published on 04/02/2018
» Former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai says one of the objectives of the government-appointed advisory board he heads in Myanmar is to narrow the "big gap of international interpretation and domestic interpretation of what happened in Rakhine state".
Scandal won’t go away
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha needs to understand that this luxury watch scandal is a serious issue. This so-called “private matter” of his deputy will weigh heavily on his credibility as long as he stays on as Thailand’s prime minister -- and will never stops unless and until this apparently inappropriate behavioural problem is corrected.
Answering the PM
News, Postbag, Published on 11/11/2017
» May I respectfully attempt to answer some of the prime minister's questions as reported in the Nov 8 edition?
Justice sadly lacking
News, Postbag, Published on 29/07/2017
» Re: "Unity chances fading fast", (Editorial, July 26).
We are the world
News, Postbag, Published on 16/03/2017
» Re: "Right to speak", (PostBag, March 13).
Senseless eviction
News, Postbag, Published on 03/09/2016
» This morning, I learned the street vendors working on Phahon Yothin near Soi 8 have been ordered to move out by the end of this month. Previously, they had been told they would have to leave the area by the end of the year, but for reasons not clear to me the deadline was accelerated just this week.
Silent on talcum risks
News, Postbag, Published on 27/02/2016
» Re: “Cancer deaths linked to talcum powder: Lawyer”, (Video, Feb 25).
Playing their cards wrong
News, Postbag, Published on 07/02/2016
» The raid on the Jomtien and Pattaya Bridge Club is beyond the pale. If defies logic and common sense. It should make Thailand the laughing stock of the world, if it hasn’t already.
Coal has black future
News, Postbag, Published on 23/01/2016
» Coal is having a rough start to the year, but there are still some voices that continue to tout its benefits for humanity. Sopon Pornchokchai, in his article “Is Greenpeace being flexible with the truth?” (Bangkok Post Sunday, Jan 10) claiming coal is cheap, safe and abundant, is one of them.