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The real reason Grab is winning: service
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 01/07/2019
» Taxi and motorcycle taxi drivers in the capital were once again up in arms last week when they heard that their arch-rival Grab Thailand, the local operating arm of the Singapore-based start-up hailing service app, might be getting the green light by the government to operate legally.
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The Deeper South
Muse, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/08/2017
» In the contemporary art created by Muslim women from Thailand's restive southern provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani, there is a depth that reaches out and speaks to the heart.
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Connecting people with public places
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 17/02/2016
» Aspiring interior architectural designer Yolapath Ruchithamkul could not have asked for a better beginning to 2016 as she proudly held the highly coveted Thailand Interior Designers' Association (TIDA) Thesis Awards last month.
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Grabbing the opportunity
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/05/2015
» Malaysians and former classmates Hooi Ling Tan and Anthony Tan, who share the same last name but are not related, founded taxi-booking application GrabTaxi in 2012, after their plan to revamp the Malaysian taxi industry took second place in Harvard's 2011 Business School Plan Contest.
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Stay calm and don't let the bigots win
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/04/2015
» Dealing with racism takes a fair amount of patience and emotional maturity. In fact, if done in a calm, cool and collected manner, it can reap long-lasting benefits. An example of this is a story I saw in the news recently of a migrant Indian taxi driver who turned a racist encounter in Darwin, Australia into an opportunity to feed the needy.
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Breaking chains of oppression
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/11/2014
» Suthin Krerothanee is ashamed of the fact that for half his life he verbally and physically abused his wife of 20 years.
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Cashing in
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 16/01/2013
» Travelling in Prasit Suwan's yellow-and-green vehicle gives an entirely new meaning to a taxi jaunt in Bangkok. After a respectful wai, which he offers to both young and old, his infectious smile, humble demeanour and a genuine heart for service, makes passengers feel at home.
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CSI: Bangkok
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2012
» The arduous job of sifting through and gathering compelling forensic and physical evidence to lead police to the perpetrator is a priority for Thailand's crime scene investigators. Forget television's CSI: this is the real, hard job of unglamorous police who take their work deadly seriously in the hope justice is swiftly served for the victims and their families.
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Motorcycle taxis saddled with problems
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/02/2012
» Motorcycle taxi drivers have had to contend with extortion gangs for as long as we have had this convenient mode of transport shuttle us around to beat the city's horrendous traffic jams.
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