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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.
Lady Plods in charge at the cop shop
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/04/2016
» Good news for the Lady Plods. Last Sunday, the Post reported that for the first time in Thailand, a trio of policewomen could soon become police station chiefs. This is not before time. The three ladies in question are police colonels, academically qualified and have worked many years as inquiry officers. They can definitely look after themselves.
Define 'referendum'
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2016
» Re: "State spies out on prowl for referendum mischief", (BP, April 11).
A breakdown of Brexit
News, Postbag, Published on 21/06/2016
» On Thursday, the British will be making the most important decision of their lifetime in the EU referendum.
Don't go off the rails
News, Postbag, Published on 30/06/2016
» If the government and State Railway of Thailand wish to go ahead with the high-speed train projects, may they review the existing investment plan, the administration of safety, and an effective business strategy to come up with the break-even point or turn to profit.
Looking in the mirror
News, Postbag, Published on 30/07/2016
» Re: "Merkel's immigration policy helps deter terrorism", (Opinion, July 26).
The politics of fear
News, Postbag, Published on 27/09/2016
» Re "Journalist unable to cut through Trump's falsehood", Opinion, Sept 24
Youth strike fear into old, cold hearts
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/10/2016
» We can imagine the scene: Twenty policemen mobbed a 19-year-old boy arriving at the airport immigration. They took him to the detention quarters and kept him there, refusing communication, and consequently sent the entire world into a manhunt frenzy. Where's Joshua Wong? What has he done? Or more directly to the heart of the midnight stealth: What did the Thai authorities fear? Why did the mighty state have to send 20 officers -- not five, not 10, but 20 -- to whiz away a skinny boy on a red-eye flight? A boy whom I bet never won a fist-fight in his high-school yard.
Whingeing old bag
News, Postbag, Published on 26/11/2016
» In the 1970s we had several correspondents of the "US Army (Ret'd)" ilk, bemoaning the failure of Thailand's governments and administrations in conducting the nation's affairs on the admirable lines of Rainbow Gulch or Redneck Springs. Possessed of almost universal expertise, they were very, very boring.
Put meat on bike laws
News, Postbag, Published on 03/12/2016
» Re: "Children told not to drive motorbikes", (BP, Nov 30).