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Govt ill-prepared to tackle climate woes
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 30/10/2021
» One and a half hour's drive from Bangkok is Bang Ban district of Ayutthaya. Here, most of the rice fields and entire villages have been under water for the past couple of months.
Fairer welfare threatens the status quo
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/02/2021
» Early this week, Krungthai Bank branches throughout the country were swarmed by large mobs of people wanting to register for the Rao Chana assistance programme.
The politicisation of crisis and suicide
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 02/05/2020
» Suicide has become a hot-button issue after a group of researchers recently released a report on the impact of Covid-19 on the urban poor.
Nobody likes VAT, but the poor like it far less
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/10/2017
» There are times when a country needs to raise revenues to boost development. But the means towards the goal are often skewed against the more disadvantaged people in society.
Thailand wobbles toward its place in the sun
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 09/09/2017
» Thailand may at last be entering the 21st century in terms of energy management, albeit slowly and with a wobble.
Car buyer scheme is shameful waste
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/12/2012
» Given a choice between a house and a car, what do you think most Thais who had never owned either would choose? Well, a car, of course.