OPINION

Keeping state public relations drives accountable

News, Tippatrai Saelawong, Published on 05/08/2015

» Many readers will have seen images of politicians or public servants displayed on gigantic billboards beside the country's roads. Not everyone will know that we, taxpayers, pay for these images and the messages they convey. They are an example of wasteful spending by the government on advertising and other communications. Mostly the interests they promote are private, not public. And you'll see them on TV, hear them on the radio and see them in the newspapers, as well as at big events.