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Cabinet meets in Chiang Mai
News, Published on 16/01/2012
» The cabinet set its first mobile meeting for the weekend amidst hope it can get some business done. The meeting convened in Chiang Mai. This happens to be the home province of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, although that is more coincidence than planning. The official opening on the weekend of the flood-delayed Royal Floral Ratchaphruek drew many senior officials and the public alike, so the meeting was planned around the exhibit.
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Transport Co is taking the wrong route
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 16/01/2012
» The Transport Co chief apparently has many problems to sort out. The state enterprise firm is trying to crack down on illegal vans running inter-provincial services. According to its own estimation, about 6,000 vehicles provide such services despite having no licence or approval from Transport Co, the agency responsible for inter-city routes. Thus far, it has successfully forced many of them to operate under its control, but more are still on the roads. Transport Co and the Land Transport Department stand to lose money from those illegal passenger vans as they do not have to pay route concessions and fees to the agency. It is unacceptable to allow these illegal vans to compete for passengers with the ones legally approved by the agency.
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Another fatal shooting of the innocent?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/01/2012
» It seems likely that at least some of the dead and injured on the pickup truck fired on by paramilitary rangers in Pattani on Sunday night are innocent people.
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A call for animal rights
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 16/02/2012
» The Year of the Dragon, which is this year, is believed to be a tough year for those born in the Years of Dog, Goat and Rabbit. However, every year is a difficult year for animals in Thailand since this country still lacks the law to fight cruelty against animals and better animals' lives. Worse, not all legislators see the importance of having such a law.
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Crunch time for the SRT
News, Published on 14/03/2012
» It is past time for the State Railway of Thailand to take stock and start work to make the state enterprise a safe and reliable form of travel. On Sunday, yet another collision at yet another unguarded crossing needlessly killed one person and injured 50 others.
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Hazards that spell disaster
News, Published on 31/03/2012
» We must hope that the dramatic spate of road accidents on the highways to the North and Northeast this week were not an indicator of what to expect in this year's fast approaching run-up to Songkran. No one doubts that there will be fatalities and that most of them will involve motorcyclists and be fuelled by alcohol abuse. But our attitude to road safety must remain positive and reflect the fact that loss of life and mangling of bodies during national celebrations can be avoided if we do what we must. And that should begin with a huge investment in compulsory driver education that starts in school, combined with strict enforcement and upgrading of existing laws and the introduction of specialised new ones.
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Bad karma or irresponsible?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 02/04/2012
» The Songkran holiday season is just around the corner and the police are getting ready for the regular statistics update, a recurring activity every new year and Songkran.
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Hot and maybe a little bothered
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/05/2012
» It was Oscar Wilde who observed: ''conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative''. He might have had a point, but it means there have been a lot of unimaginative folk in Thailand lately. I can hardly recall a conversation in recent weeks without a reference to the heat. It definitely has been ''a bit on the warm side''.
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Fuming over first-car scheme
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/12/2012
» The worst is yet to come for Bangkok's traffic. Over the past few months, I have spent twice as much time as before stuck in traffic jams. Although I am not an expert, I believe this has something to do with the government's first-car scheme. The programme allows new car buyers to claim tax rebates of up to 100,000 baht per vehicle per person. Since its inception, more than one million new vehicles have been purchased, or about 30,000 new cars a day. By the end of this year, the number of the "first cars" is likely to exceed 1.2 million.
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Far-away places with strange sounding names
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/02/2013
» As a little kid, one place-name that always fascinated me was Timbuktu. I hadn't a clue where it was, which perhaps was the attraction. In those days I suspect few people could pick it out on a map, despite the name frequently cropping up in discussion of all things distant and mysterious.
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