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Let's clear the air
News, Postbag, Published on 30/09/2017
» As a way of highlighting the government's commitment to wealth and not health I would like to bring public attention to several recent articles printed in your fine newspaper.
The great escapes
News, Postbag, Published on 18/04/2016
» Last week we read about two audacious escape attempts. One was the successful dash for freedom by Inky the octopus from a New Zealand aquarium. The other was the unsuccessful effort by Chacha, a chimp in a Tokyo Zoo.
A dodgy question
News, Postbag, Published on 11/04/2016
» I fully agree with election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, who says the extra question to be added to the referendum on the draft charter should be neutral (BP, April 9). Consider these versions:
Blessing in disguise?
News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2016
» With the failure of negotiations with the Chinese government, the junta plans to drastically chop the length of the delayed Thai-Sino high-speed train to just a third of the original plan.
English app no good
News, Postbag, Published on 28/03/2016
» Re: "Prayut launches free app to help students with everyday English" (BP, March 9)
Publicity never bad
News, Postbag, Published on 16/02/2016
» Thanks for your brave attempt at clarifying what bridge is and is not (Life, Feb 15). One of the unintended consequences of the saga is that the Pattaya bridge club, small by international standards, is now the most famous in the entire world, with several hundred newspaper and TV reports and tens of thousands of comments on blogsites talking about it. The tale has also made Jeremy Watson (the organiser) and myself (the founder, in 1994) the best-known bridge players throughout the five continents even though our standards sadly fall short of the brilliance usually required for notoriety.
Imperfection isn't bad
News, Postbag, Published on 02/02/2016
» Just as Donald Trump is having his rant in the United States, columnist Alan Dawson is having his rant here in Thailand. (The Big Issue: So help me God, Jan 31).
Poor deserve the help
News, Postbag, Published on 14/01/2016
» The government will help rubber farmers by buying rubber at an above-market price. I suggest that instead of helping everybody in the rubber sector, which would be a next-to-impossible job, the government focus on the poorest.
With us or against us?
News, Postbag, Published on 11/12/2015
» Re: “Hypocrisy in the West,” (PostBag, Dec 8).
Anarchy rules
News, Postbag, Published on 09/12/2015
» Re: “Army detains anti-coup activists”, (BP, Dec 8). One expects students in any country to be intelligent.