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Capital needs a new approach to tree surgery
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/02/2021
» Pictures of numerous chopped down tree trunks scattered near the walls of Wat Po in the Rattanakosin old town area were shared on social media and immediately triggered public outrage.
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Uniform fuss can't be tackled uniformly
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/12/2020
» With some phu yai rattled by the campaign for students to wear casual attire launched on Tuesday by the "Bad Students" group, I am glad that we've come to the point where school uniforms may be disposed of. This could be the first time we've had a real discussion about them.
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Out with old, in with new. So short-sighted
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/07/2020
» Days after Phrae's historic Bombay Burmah building was completely torn down, outraged local people fuelled public anger by sharing photos of the ruthless demolition on social media.
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Nature takes back seat in push for toilets
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/06/2020
» The removal of the leafy pradu trees along the road around the Grand Palace has triggered an avalanche of shock and anger. But this project, which has been touted as a landscape development project for tourism, hardly surprised me.
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The plight of the forgotten in Ecuador
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/10/2016
» Upon the closing of the United Nations Habitat III conference last Thursday in Quito, Ecuador, journalists in attendance, including myself, were surprised that there weren't any protests staged by activists -- very unusual for such a UN meeting on housing and sustainable urban development which is only held every 20 years.
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Integrated farmer breaks with tradition in Nan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/11/2015
» His parents and neighbours asked farmer Anusin Intapun how he could feed the whole family when he started to grow rice on a small plot.
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Orwellian treatise still relevant for our times
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/02/2014
» There's no need to ask her what the first thing she did yesterday was.
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Classroom politics
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/01/2014
» 'We used to run the country. And we could manage the economic crisis. We are experienced enough to manage the country again. Please vote for us."
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Inspired by nature
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 26/08/2013
» Li Junsheng was probably unfortunate to be born into a poor family, but he was lucky to be born with a great passion for art.
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Beholding Pandora's muse
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/08/2013
» If you're hankering for a taste of Pandora, the fantastic backdrop for Avatar, you'll have to find a way into the fertile mind of director James Cameron. Touring the landscape which may have given Hollywood designers the idea for that fictional planet is a lot easier, though: simply hop onto a plane to Zhangjiajie in southeastern China.
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