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New online sales tax: 5% to 15% of price
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/07/2017
» Online shoppers may abandon online shopping & return to stores. How to enforce online tax payment, no one is sure.
University research: R&D money to boost competitiveness
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/06/2017
» Stimulating research in areas of food, agriculture, healthcare, biomedical & biotech; AI, robotics & creative economy, aim of new govt program & funding.
China's world tech domination begins in SE Asia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2017
» If the new Chinese global business strategy is "winner takes all" and to wipe out all other players out, why worry?
Educational inequality in Thailand: The challenge
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/05/2017
» As long as focus is on smartest students in a few select schools, educational inequality & low test scores for the country overall will be the result.
New cyberlaw 'illegal' say experts
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/05/2017
» Too much power to define "emergency" or "urgent" to mean whatever govt officials & police want & seize or gain access to computer systems, phone, etc, in new law.
Digital TV as web takes over: Staff reduced to cut costs
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/05/2017
» Digital TV less profitable than expected due to changing viewing habits using phones, tablets & multiple screens.
Police to monitor what public reads on web: Editorial
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/05/2017
» How does public know what content is illegal? What about all the other laws that need enforcing? Questions asked in a crackdown that has spiraled out of control.
Facebook told to remove posts or face charges
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/05/2017
» Realities of global communication in a hyper-connected world makes control over what people read & censorship very difficult indeed, but govt authorities still try hard.
Data Scientist: 'The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century'
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/04/2017
» Data science will probably be the key Thailand 4.0 job & miraculously you can teach yourself to be a data scientist for free using online learning resources, no teachers or expensive courses needed.
Ageing & the economy: Act now says former central bank chief
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/03/2017
» From labour shortages to retirement savings to school closures, now is the time to start planning for a Thailand with many older people and fewer young people which is coming soon.