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Vulgarity on display
News, Postbag, Published on 09/12/2017
» While watching some poor old half-naked, badly deformed saleng struggle to push his empty ramshackle cart along the road this morning, I thought of the vulgar ostentatious display of wealth by our clearly insecure deputy prime minister this week.
Nothing to crow about
News, Postbag, Published on 20/11/2017
» The junta is flapping and crowing about Thailand having moved up on the World Bank's Index, "Ease of Doing Business for 2018", from 46th to 26th, a giant leap of 20 paces. Hmm...
Kindness goes long way
News, Postbag, Published on 13/07/2017
» Re: "A helping hand for our wasted food," (Commentary, July 12).
Perils of police reform
News, Postbag, Published on 08/07/2017
» I'm glad that PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is reforming the police at long last, but he shouldn't reinvent the wheel. In 2006, then-prime minister Gen Surayud Chulanont, former army chief and member of our beloved King Rama IX's Privy Council, appointed retired Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn, former chief of police, to head a distinguished commission for this very purpose.
Submarine legacy
News, Postbag, Published on 15/06/2017
» Re: "Risky legacy for govt's pet projects", (Opinion, June 12).
Under the knife
News, Postbag, Published on 09/05/2017
» Re: "Can you spare a dime, cash crunch hits hospitals", (Spectrum, May 7).
Setting an example on noise
News, Postbag, Published on 15/01/2017
» Yesterday was Children's Day, a time to celebrate and show our children our love, but we give them levels of noise well in excess of the 85-decibel danger level.
Some hard questions
News, Postbag, Published on 07/01/2017
» Re: "Horror highway crash, blast kills 25", (BP, Jan 3).
Peak problem
News, Postbag, Published on 02/01/2017
» Re: "New Year bus service to top of Doi Inthanon", (BP, Dec 30).
Send in the clowns
News, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2016
» The State Enterprise Policy Office urges State Railway of Thailand (SRT) land development as a quick solution out of debt (BP, Nov 25). Who does it think it is kidding? The SRT is a bottomless pit as its debt piles up deeper and deeper due to inept management, lousy service, filthy, antiquated rolling stock, the inability to maintain any normal scheduling, and free rides.