Showing 1 - 10 of 222
401 new laws without meaningful public participation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/07/2017
» New constitution calls for thorough public participation in law-making but no meaningful public participation in lawmaking under military regime.
Bribes to secure school places 'rampant'
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/06/2017
» Asset declarations for school directors & transparency in school donations, first step to real parent involvement in education, not just position-buying with wealth.
China's world tech domination begins in SE Asia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2017
» If the new Chinese global business strategy is "winner takes all" and to wipe out all other players out, why worry?
Next Prime Minister: Most would vote for General Prayut
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/05/2017
» General Prayut as Prime Minister in a Pheu Thai parliament is what poll responders said they wanted last week when asked.
PhD program boom: 53% below standard
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/04/2017
» 25,000 PhD students in 1,000 programmes, up from 1,380 students in 2008, has led to decline in quality, putting profit before quality.
Fire safety: 82% of buildings ignore fire regulations
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/04/2017
» 82% of Bangkok buildings failed to comply with fire inspections but sloppy govt record-keeping means can't find any documents anyway, so may not really matter.
72 hours of free hospital emergency treatment
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/04/2017
» Hospitals which fail to follow new regulations on free emergency care for 72 hours will be punished.
What's new in traffic law: Seatbelts & pay tickets or else
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/03/2017
» Section 44: Wear your seat belt or get ticket, pay ticket or no car registration, park illegally & have car locked or towed, then pay to get car back.
Ending widespread tax evasion by SMEs in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/03/2017
» The old tricks that some smaller Thai businesses have used to avoid paying taxes like other citizens may be coming to an end with new govt measures and technologies.
Thai prisons: Fall far short of world standards
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/03/2017
» Thais most likely to land in jail on minor drug charges, get stuffed into crowded cell, work for 8 baht a day with guards abusing them.