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Moral conundrum
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/01/2022
» Re: "Bill on media council gets cabinet nod," (BP, Jan 13). When we read in "Bill on media council gets cabinet nod" that "the exercise of media freedoms must not infringe on social mores", all who value good public morals will be deeply concerned. This must be so since being a social mores never has and cannot of itself guarantee that any belief, custom, or attitude is morally good.
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Endless debt cycle
News, Postbag, Published on 05/10/2019
» Re: "Handouts not the solution", (Editorial, Oct 4).
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Check his credentials
News, Postbag, Published on 14/09/2019
» Re: "Thamanat wins PM's backing", (BP, Sept 11). As a reformist, Prime Minister Pra-yut Chan-o-cha should quickly verify Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow's claims that he didn't (a) plead guilty to charges of drug trafficking in Australia and (b) didn't serve a four-year jail sentence for his crime, thus disqualifying him from office.
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Apply the constitution
News, Postbag, Published on 13/09/2019
» Re: "Thamanat wins PM's backing", (BP, Sept 11).
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A taxing argument
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2019
» A reader in his March 23 letter makes a fair comment on two-tiered pricing for foreigners. But he then goes on to quantify the government's policy of a two-tiered charging system by saying that some farang do not pay taxes. I would dispute this. I am assuming by "some farang" he means tourists, as all foreigners living and working here pay tax in one form or another.
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Government lottery
News, Postbag, Published on 20/04/2019
» The current impasse with Thai politics in selecting a prime minister might never be resolved due to the problems with the rules as stipulated in the 2017 charter. Obviously, the rules were inadequate because there is no readily available solution.
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Yin and yang
News, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2019
» Re: "Preserve iconic <i>yang na</i> trees", (Editorial, Feb 24).
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Cops have licence to print money
News, Postbag, Published on 24/06/2018
» I believe the Royal Thai Police (RTP) in Chiang Mai and other areas have been handed a golden money-making opportunity.
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Yearning for Thainess
News, Postbag, Published on 29/01/2018
» Re: "Regime push for 'Thainess' turns sinister", (Opinion, Jan 26).
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Face slappers beware
News, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2018
» Re: "Angry smoker apologises for slapping hotel staffer", (BP, Nov 24).
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