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Independent oil spill probe needed to clear air
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/08/2013
» Plodprasop Suraswadi just can't resist a photo-op. The deputy prime minister last Friday visited oil spill-hit Ao Phrao on Koh Samet following the clean-up operation.
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Plodprasop must slow the flood scheme flow
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 24/05/2013
» I admit I'm totally baffled by Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's need for speed in getting the 350-billion-baht water management master plan off the ground.
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Public increasingly weary of regime scandals
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/12/2017
» To say that the military regime is going through a slump would be an understatement. It's more like a free fall from a high cliff.
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Time for a graceful exit after the rice scheme disaster
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 14/02/2014
» To deal with troubles caused by anti-government protesters, the caretaker government has resorted to imposing a state of emergency on Bangkok and a few surrounding areas. Whether this action is effective enough to quell the dissent instead of provoking even stiffer resistance, we shall see soon enough.
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A fresh chance to boost renewable energy
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 24/02/2017
» Cheers went up at the protest site when it was announced that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had promised to "set zero" the coal-fired power plant project in Krabi.
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The vision and illusion of Thailand 4.0
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 23/12/2016
» It seems like all of a sudden all we hear from everyone that counts in and out of government is "Thailand 4.0". Its economic model sounds so modern, so hip.
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Floods are a wake-up call from mother nature
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/10/2013
» A short video clip posted on YouTube recently is poignant. In it a teenage girl in working clothes pleads for the authorities in Sukhothai to open the flood walls of the provincial airport to allow floodwater to drain from surrounding rice fields.
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Two feet rout a bad dam plan, trigger reform
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 27/09/2013
» Sasin Chalermlarp, who walked 388km to protest a proposed dam project in Mae Wong National Park, has done more than just spread his anti-dam messages.
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Yingluck government must end public hearings farce
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/11/2013
» I'm really amazed at how the Yingluck Shinawatra-led government is capable of ticking people off even as she presents her innocent-looking and ever-smiling face to the world.
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Flood plan follows footsteps of pledging fiasco
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/06/2013
» Sometimes you have to wonder what went on in the minds of the cabinet members when they made their decisions affecting the entire country.
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