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Not another monopoly
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2016
» If a state enterprise must be chosen to run airport parking lots, PTT should not be the choice, for its core mission is all about oil.
Give hope to saviours of our forests
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/06/2016
» Without trees, the reddish earth made the mountain look eerie -- more like a mining site. Or Mars. That was my impression of the area I saw during a forest-planning trip to Nan province last year.
Tourist safety at stake
News, Editorial, Published on 13/06/2016
» Thailand is facing a problem so serious it can permanently damage the economy and its reputation. More important, the problem involves lives. The tourism industry is currently being rocked by a series of accidents, and unless policies and standards, and especially enforcement, are changed quickly and drastically, there will surely be many more preventable deaths and crippling accidents among foreign and Thai tourists. It's a situation that demands instant and determined reaction.
The big issue: Less danger, more holiday please
Alan Dawson, Published on 12/06/2016
» There never has been such a disastrous string of tourist crashes, bashes, smashes and tragic endings like the past two weeks. But there was plenty of warning. The speedboat collisions, bungalow collapse and Phuket shopping mall erosion were as well advertised as years of highway hell foretold Friday's horrific van crash that killed 11 teachers.
Superficiality takes aim at Scala
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/06/2016
» There is a mix of rage, gloom and longing as, once again, the fate of the Scala theatre in Siam Square is questioned. To wreck is easy, to save is hard. The jackhammer screeches louder than nostalgia. Will the Scala, that quaint majesty stuck in a prime retail area, that solemn granddaddy in the flashy, messy, heavily commercialised quarter, be next to fall?
GMOs a taboo topic
News, Postbag, Published on 12/12/2015
» The anti-GMO protest gathering at Government House has shown an exchange of arguments with dignity (BP, Dec 10).
Digital vision just a blur
News, Editorial, Published on 10/10/2015
» There are many things the government can do to promote information technology development if it abandons its obsession of being "content police".
Blast victims deserve an honest answer
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 27/08/2015
» On Tuesday, 17 senior journalists and I had the "honour" of meeting a handful of army and police generals at the national police headquarters, a couple of hundred metres from the Erawan shrine where an explosion killed 20 and wounded about 130 last Monday.
Wasting the plastic enemy
Life, Pattramon Sukprasert, Published on 18/08/2015
» After skimming through The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art Of Decluttering And Organizing, a book by Marie Kondo, it pushed me into thinking about the last time I did a big clean-up. I set about doing one, and one unexpected discovery was that I own so many cloth bags, which occupied a whole cabinet.
Show cop who's boss
News, Postbag, Published on 18/07/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha claims under him, we have rule of law. Here’s his chance to back up his welcome words with decisive action.