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End era of the chainsaw
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2022
» The report last week about the renewed ban to protect the famous century-old Yang Na trees lining the iconic Chiang Mai-Lamphun highway could sound to some like an encouraging sign for urban tree conservation.
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Covid lessons from abroad
News, Editorial, Published on 04/10/2021
» Thailand plans to waive its mandatory quarantine requirement in Bangkok and four other tourist destinations -- Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Hua Hin, Phetchaburi -- from Nov 1 to vaccinated foreign visitors.
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Election rules need legal clarity
News, Editorial, Published on 19/02/2023
» After parliament's final session ended on Friday, there were calls for the government to dissolve the House earlier than the deadline of March 23. Needless to say, voters want to exercise their rights while parties want to start campaigning.
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Update the computer law
News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2018
» If events over the past two weeks do not convince the government to write an actual law covering computer fraud, maybe nothing will. The first unfortunate event was to threaten a Chiang Mai magazine editor with a computer crime charge over something that had nothing to do with computers (or crime, come to that). The second was the reluctant admission by the country's second mobile phone company of security misbehaviour, putting tens of thousands of customers at risk. That is not a crime.
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Time to watch out for those pesky ethics
News, Editorial, Published on 09/10/2016
» Late last week, Chiang Mai governor Pawin Chamniprasart visited the home of two Hmong girls accused by a British tourist of stealing her wristwatch. Mr Pawin's visit was a gesture to reaffirm the girls' innocence. When Mr Pawin visited, the girls' mother performed a traditional ritual in their house to boost the morale of her daughters after their pictures appeared, late last month, on several international outlets including the New York Post and The Sun with headlines suggesting the girls stole the tourist's watch.
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Govt relief causes 'havoc'
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/02/2021
» The registration for the government's relief aid for people without smart phones or internet access was a resounding success -- if success means turning everyone involved into a loser.
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Running toward a crisis
News, Editorial, Published on 14/01/2020
» With two major political gatherings, one seeking to oust Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from power and the other throwing its support behind him, going on over the weekend, it cannot be denied that the country is on the brink of plunging into a new round of crisis.
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Expose rot in tree-felling
News, Editorial, Published on 21/11/2019
» The uprooting of 11 yang na trees along highway 402 in Phangnga's Takua Thung district may seem inconsequential, but the brazen and scandalous act demonstrates, at best, recklessness on the part of the Highways Department. At worst, it is intentional wrongdoing.
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Future bleak for Thai R&D
News, Editorial, Published on 21/10/2019
» On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed the first reading of the 3.2-trillion-baht budget bill for next year. However, several contentious issues raised during the debate need to be addressed by the vetting committee, particularly on education spending.
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Walls close in on free press
News, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2018
» With news reports and commentaries swapping between praising and criticising the ruling regime, most mainstream media staff survive direct state intimidation. But two senior journalists recently ran foul of the junta.
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