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Government finally unloading some rice
Business, Published on 16/03/2013
» The government approved in principle yesterday a proposal for the Foreign Trade Department to sell a combined 50,000 tonnes of rice from its massive stock.
A substandard plan
News, Postbag, Published on 09/07/2015
» Re: “PM expresses backing for navy sub plan”, (BP, July 8).
Education pipe dream
News, Postbag, Published on 25/07/2015
» Re: “Education reform not for timid”, (Opinion, July 23). This suggests a hopeless outcome for our lamentable schooling, but this really depends on your definition of “education”.
Subs claim sinks
News, Postbag, Published on 11/08/2015
» Re: “Subs plan tests navy to sink or swim”, (BP, Aug 9) offers a balanced analysis of the Royal Thai Navy’s case for submarines. The RTN’s main “justification” — to make other countries “stand in awe” — is weak. We already have the region’s second-largest naval force, behind Indonesia and ahead of Vietnam, yet with no conflict in sight. So, who are we going to stare down?
Going ballistic
News, Postbag, Published on 12/08/2015
» I noticed that the diagram (reproduced from the white paper issued by the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office) in “Subs plan tests navy to sink or swim”, (BP, Sunday, Aug 9) features not a Chinese-built S26T, the subject of the proposed purchase by the Royal Thai Navy, but rather a slightly bigger and infinitely more menacing Soviet/Russian Typhoon Class ballistic missile nuclear submarine.
Obey the rules
News, Postbag, Published on 14/08/2015
» Re: “There are no rules”, (PostBag, Aug 13).
Guilty and loving it
News, Postbag, Published on 27/08/2015
» Regarding the Aug 26 report that the permanent secretary for agriculture and co-operatives was found guilty for his involvement in the 2004 longan mortgage scandal, I wonder why 11 years have elapsed.
Elderly have a role
News, Postbag, Published on 12/09/2015
» The Sept 7 news report on the need for urgent measures to ease challenges posed by an ageing society identifies a number of important issues concerning the implications for the Thai economy.
There’s plenty to fear
News, Postbag, Published on 13/09/2015
» Re: “It’s not terrorism we fear” (Life, Sept 11).