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Swept under the rug
News, Postbag, Published on 09/03/2018
» Re: "Pros at probes", (PostBag, March 7).
Axes to grind
News, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2018
» There is a story in the March 4 edition of the Sydney Morning Herald with fascinating parallels to recent Bangkok Post headlines about the "Axe Ladies".
Plant claims hot air
News, Postbag, Published on 25/02/2018
» Re: "Ministry downplays need for southern power plants," (BP, Feb 23).
Agro-giants to blame
News, Postbag, Published on 14/12/2017
» Your editorial, "Murky answer to haze woes", on Dec 11 points the finger for the problem quite accurately at the right people, but those of who live upcountry long to see some positive action rather than simply read the same old platitudes.
Penning inequality
News, Postbag, Published on 20/09/2017
» In "What counts to us in development" (Opinion, Sept 18) we read, "...to achieve parity in development", and "equitable development", which are apparently among the UNDP's goals.
Lessons on education
News, Postbag, Published on 15/09/2017
» News about Thai education is usually bad. Yet a Mahidol University seminar held last Friday to mark the UN International Literacy Day proved that there is hope.
Very slow learners
News, Postbag, Published on 09/09/2017
» In his Sept 8 letter Songdej Praditsmanon writes that student Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal "was already condemned by fair-minded individuals and cursed by many alumni" but what he doesn't explain is why. To some of us simple minded non-Chula graduates it appears that Mr Netiwit has clearly understood the message from King Rama V given in 1873 when he expressed "the necessity of rebuilding a more equal relationship between different groups in society". What isn't apparent is that the administrators running the university have understood this message and taken steps to advance these opinions.
Bad smell at coal face
News, Postbag, Published on 30/08/2017
» Just as David James Wong can smell the regime's incompetence from San Francisco, regular readers of this glorious newspaper will recognise the scent wafting from the coal-fired power plant proposed for southern Thailand.
Dangerous liaisons
News, Postbag, Published on 09/06/2017
» I just heard a report on BBC radio about a failed Chinese investment in Sri Lanka. It could be a warning to Thailand.
Draconian madness
News, Postbag, Published on 25/05/2017
» Re: "Crackdown out of control", (Opinion, May 24).