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Who really benefitted from the rice scheme?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/06/2013
» Better late than never. The Yingluck government is finally back-peddling on its most ambitious and, perhaps, most destructive populist policy, the rice pledging scheme -- which set the purchase price of paddy about 40% above market price and cost taxpayers 136 billion baht in losses, according to official estimates, in just the first year, with more to come.
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Clowns in a 'musical chairs' cabinet
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/06/2013
» Pressure is rightfully mounting on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to overhaul her cabinet and to replace incompetent ministers with more capable and professional people to shore up the government's credibility and image.
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Can the Commerce Ministry be trusted even now?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/07/2013
» On June 18, the National Rice Policy Commission slashed the rice pledging price by 20% from 15,000 baht to 12,000 baht per tonne. Less than two weeks later it made an about turn, reverting to the old price and putting its own credibility and that of the government at rock bottom.
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Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives is broke
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 08/11/2013
» There is both good news and bad news about the rice pledging scheme, events which seem to have been overshadowed by the current political turbulence.
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Commerce Ministry, land of fairy tales
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/07/2013
» The Commerce Ministry is quite the expert in keeping us amazed by the fairy tales it has continually pulled from its sleeves since the launch of the rice pledging scheme - which should be renamed the rice buying scheme - two years ago.
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Auctioned rice must be quality guaranteed
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/07/2013
» Rice exporters are complaining they have not been given the chance to examine the first lot of rice - 150,000 tonnes of 5% white rice and 200,000 tonnes of broken milled rice - the Commerce Ministry is to auction off on July 29.
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Even a little is better than nothing at all
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/07/2013
» The embattled Commerce Ministry seems to have finally, if grudgingly, accepted that "something is better than nothing at all" when it comes to offloading the huge and ageing 17 million tonne rice stockpile generated by the rice pledging scheme.
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Lottery farce continues to be PM's Achilles' heel
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/03/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was surely joking on Friday when he said during his weekly "Return Happiness to the People" monologue that he would scrap the lottery altogether if it becomes too messy.
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For Pheu Thai, love means having to say you're sorry
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/03/2015
» One thing unique about Pheu Thai people, from top to bottom, is that they rarely admit their mistakes.
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China might be key to the prosecution of Yingluck
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/12/2014
» Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra can relax and enjoy the New Year festival without worrying about whether she will be indicted in the interim — courtesy of the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG).
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