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Arguing the B300 minimum wage case
News, Published on 29/05/2012
» 'The minimum wage will destroy the industrial sector of Thailand"...
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Where are the promised public hearings on reconciliation?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/05/2012
» It looks as if we were all duped about the promised public hearings on reconciliation. The reconciliation bill was instead rushed to the parliament and is set to be debated on the same time that many world leaders are in Bangkok for the World Economic Forum.
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Calm before the storm?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/06/2012
» Pheu Thai MPs and their red-shirt supporters are clearly angry with the Constitution Court. Whether they will actually challenge the court's injunction ordering the parliament to delay the final reading of the constitution amendment bill will be known on Friday.
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Graft permeates very fabric of our society
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/06/2012
» I always feel shivers run down my spine whenever I hear Noppadon Kannika, director of the Abac Poll, discuss the attitude Thais have towards corruption.
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Good face at Rio, bad face at home
News, Published on 21/06/2012
» The governments of the world gather again to renew their commitment to sustainable development at the Rio+20 "Earth Summit".
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A sensible suggestion from the House speaker
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/06/2012
» House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont should be commended for his suggestion that the four reconciliation bills should be withdrawn from the parliament to allow all parties to discuss the reconciliation issue to establish common ground.
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Sensible advice from Chalerm and Somsak
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/07/2012
» Bravo to Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung for his sensible recommendation that the Pheu Thai Party should amend the constitution section by section, as suggested by the Constitution Court, rather than setting up a constitution drafting assembly to write a new charter.
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Chalerm not the right choice for the far South
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/07/2012
» My sincere best wishes to Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung on his unenviable new assignment -- ordered by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to take charge of efforts to end the violent unrest in the three southernmost border provinces and four districts of Songkhla. Welcome to the deep South and good luck!
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Yongyuth's political future uncertain
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/09/2012
» Despite all the legal and political opinions in support of the legal status of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was unwilling to take the risk of allowing him to chair this week's Tuesday cabinet meeting.
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Solving poverty goes beyond writing cheques
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/10/2012
» The pungent smell of tobacco, urine and sweat reek of despair and degradation in the heat of the noon sun. How can they stand it? Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people, many old, some young, spread out on simple bamboo mats laid out on the asphalt in hopes of attracting attention from those beyond the tall steel gates.
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