• News & article

  No to navy salvage

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/04/2023

  » Re: "Vessel yet to be salvaged", (BP, March 30).

• News & article

  Labour laws outdated

  News, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2023

  » Re: "Complaints grow against migrant 'job snatchers', " (BP, Jan 18).

• News & article

  Moral conundrum

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/01/2022

  » Re: "Bill on media council gets cabinet nod," (BP, Jan 13). When we read in "Bill on media council gets cabinet nod" that "the exercise of media freedoms must not infringe on social mores", all who value good public morals will be deeply concerned. This must be so since being a social mores never has and cannot of itself guarantee that any belief, custom, or attitude is morally good.

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  We want answers

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2021

  » Re: "The 'first shot' drama shows up a sickly govt" and "Listening to public is key to successful jab push", (Opinion, March 2).

• News & article

  Rooted in feudalism

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/01/2021

  » I must say Prof Thitinan Pongsudhirak ("What the 'Pimrypie' sensation foretells", Opinion, Jan 22) correctly exposes the flaws of Thai hierarchical society (Opinion, Jan 22). In spite of the superhighways, BTS, malls, majestic wats and palaces, Thailand remains rooted in its feudal past. It is the same in a few other countries surrounding Thailand.

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  Kids will pay the bill

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/07/2020

  » Re: "Undue politicisation at finance and BoT", (Opinion, July 3).

• News & article

  Flimsy masks no good

  News, Postbag, Published on 08/02/2020

  » Regarding the virus outbreak and face masks, I'm not an expert in this field and I would be happy to be corrected on my understanding as follows:

• News & article

  Sour side of sugar

  News, Postbag, Published on 15/11/2019

  » It is interesting to see how the sugar industry has come out against the ban on the three harmful pesticides. The industry claims the ban will drive up the price of sugar. Somehow, the health of consumers and those who work in the industry does not factor into the equation. Everything is always evaluated in profit margins. The price hike would be enough to drive consumers away from sugar in general. I say, good riddance. Reducing sugar consumption would be a healthier decision for all. In fact, a cut to all sweeteners -- natural or artificial -- should be paramount to one's health and well-being.

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  Fuzzy Thai logic

  News, Postbag, Published on 19/10/2019

  » Historically, fear of communist regimes has been used by politicians to keep them alive, strive and win elections. In the USA, politicians always create a hostile enemy and introduce a powerful fear factor to get elected. For most of the last century, the USA treated China, the Soviet Union, Cuba and Sandinistas as a threat to democracy and the whole world. First, it was Soviets, later China, and in this new century, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State became the new threat. And now they have a new enemy -- immigrants from across the border from Mexico and South America. A whole generation of Americans grew up dreaming about communists taking away their freedom and democracy. Sadly, even today a big lobby of Cuban immigrants in Florida keeps those fears alive.

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  Class system to blame

  News, Postbag, Published on 06/07/2019

  » Perhaps it's a case of being "inside the bowl" that stops Thais from seeing the major obstacle holding them back from a true democracy but as a foreigner it looks obvious. From the time they are born Thais are indoctrinated with the belief that there are classes in society and a child must know where they belong.

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