Showing 2,061 - 2,070 of 2,074
Give our kids a better deal
News, Published on 13/01/2012
» If children are the country's future, what lies ahead could indeed be grim when one child in every three comes from vulnerable and high-risk groups. We are talking about five million children under 15 years of age across the country. If this is not a cause for concern when the country observes Children's Day tomorrow, what is?
Promote healthcarevia mobile phone
News, Published on 13/01/2012
» Re: ''Yingluck vows feasibility study on 30 baht scheme'' (BP, Jan 10).
Education here is all form and no substance
News, Published on 12/01/2012
» Re: ''Losing out for lack of English (BP, Editorial, Jan 10). I am a Thai who has taught at universities in Europe, Australia and the US. In July 2011, I accepted a teaching position in the English-language BA course in journalism and mass media studies at Thammasat University. I resigned after one semester.
The fuel is CNG, even when used in NGVs
News, Published on 11/01/2012
» For more than a decade the PTT has been leading the Thai people in calling Compressed Natural Gas ''NGV''. So this has become the standard household term here in Thailand, while the rest of the world properly calls it CNG.
Old enough for crime, but not punishment?
News, Somporn Thapanachai, Published on 11/01/2012
» The second Saturday of January is the annual day when children and the youth in Thailand are celebrated. But not all of them have a chance to enjoy Children's Day. Some of them are locked up in de facto prisons, officially known as the Juvenile Observation and Protection Centres. These youths should have the opportunity to live a normal life after they serve their terms. Surprisingly, some of them choose to commit the same crime or offence again and again. Should society still give such untamed youths the opportunity for freedom again _ only for them to become recidivists?
Losing out for lack of English
News, Published on 10/01/2012
» The failings of Thailand's education system are well known and heavily documented. Students who do not read, write or figure very well are released from school rooms into the market, where they do poorly. Salaries as a whole remain low, compared with many countries with similar economic development. Employers literally line up at conferences and media events to list the failings of job seekers and the system that prepares them.
Illegal and dangerous
News, Published on 10/01/2012
» Re: ''We're Thai, therefore we shop'' (BP, Life, Jan 9).
Bar raised on lese majeste issue
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/01/2012
» So, the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, will remain intact, at least for now and in the foreseeable future or as long as the nine political parties keep their word after reaching a gentlemen's agreement to leave it alone during a special Parliament meeting on Friday.
UK's patronising tone
News, Published on 07/01/2012
» I found the article ''UK-Asean relations for the 21st century'' (BP, Opinion, Jan 6) fascinating _ which is to say, very patronising. I am trying to understand the British foreign minister's statement that ''...we have a shared interest in maintaining security in a region which has some of the world's most important shipping routes... tackling common threats such as... nuclear proliferation, cyber-crime, and climate change''.
Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 06/01/2012
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!