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Singapore's world-first face scan plan sparks privacy fears
AFP, Published on 18/10/2020
» SINGAPORE: Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.
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Reclaiming American greatness
Oped, Published on 17/09/2020
» Julia Jackson, the mother of Jacob Blake, a young black man from Kenosha, Wisconsin, who was shot seven times in the back by police, got it right when she said, "America is great when we behave greatly." Sadly, for the past four years, President Donald Trump has been leading America in the exact opposite direction.
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Fanaticism, hate speech and Buddhism
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/09/2020
» If your ultra-royalist friends say we need to uphold the Nation-Religion-Monarchy state ideology to protect the country's peace, order and national identity, ask them whose nation and what religion they are talking about.
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Rich elderly pressed to forgo allowance
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/04/2019
» The Finance Ministry aims for 10,000 wealthy elderly to forgo their old-age living allowance this year and let the proceeds be redirected to the needy to provide a better living standard.
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Electric pipe dream
News, Postbag, Published on 02/03/2019
» Re: "Electric cars will help cut smog", (Opinion, Feb 27).
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Uttar Pradesh tanneries feeling unwelcome, ready to move
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/02/2019
» Firoz Alam is feeling victimised these days. The owner of a small tannery in Kanpur, he and dozens of others have been forced to close because of concerns that their operations are polluting the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh.
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Fresh appeal to elderly generosity
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/02/2019
» The Finance Ministry is still hoping that tens of thousands of wealthy elderly will forgo their old-age living allowances so the proceeds can be redirected to the needy after the ministry joined banks to facilitate donation of the allowances.
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Poor suffer from smog created by uncaring rich
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/02/2019
» Trying to find N95 respirators -- a type of facial mask that can deal with small particles or PM2.5 -- is a troublesome task for many people living in smog-hit Bangkok.
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Ministry seeks help from 1m rich elderly
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/01/2019
» The Finance Ministry wants 1 million wealthy elderly people to forgo their old-age living allowances so that the minimum monthly allowance for the needy can be raised to 800 baht from 600 baht.
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Year of turbulence
Asia focus, Published on 31/12/2018
» Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.
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