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Knee-jerk reactions won't lower road toll
News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 10/01/2017
» The public outcry over fatal road accidents in Thailand has been seasonal and tied to major long public holidays, namely the New Year break and the Songkran festival. This is not news. Unfortunately, past governments' responses to the chronic problem have usually been short-lived.
Challenges await city governor, NCPO
News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 25/10/2016
» Prime Minister and head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha finally rid the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) of its last elected governor, MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra. The dismissal order came a little less than two months after he suspended the governor over investigations into alleged irregularities at the BMA.