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Embassy sale disgrace
News, Postbag, Published on 31/08/2016
» Re: "Embassy land sale put at B18bn", (Business, Aug 30).
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Chinese history lesson
News, Postbag, Published on 19/07/2016
» Re "China on dodgy ground and fisherman's tall tale," PostBag, July 17
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Some get no holidays
News, Postbag, Published on 12/05/2016
» Re: "Our long holiday from reality", (Asia Focus, May 9).
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Lessons from history
News, Postbag, Published on 16/04/2016
» I have just finished reading the third novel in Robert Harris's brilliant trilogy based on the life of Cicero. It's about politicians who struggle to practise and defend democracy, but fail because of the corruptibility and greed of many of them. The politicians are divided, and some favour allowing the all-powerful general, Julius Caesar, to take control of the empire.
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Makes no sense at all
News, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2016
» In order to "increase customer satisfaction", a Thai bank, which previously issued debit cards allowing people to withdraw cash at the ATMs of many other banks, has now issued a newer version which only allows withdrawals from the issuing bank.
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Show me the gaffes
News, Postbag, Published on 13/05/2016
» Re: "Queen, PM in diplomatic gaffes", (BP, May 12)
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Blessing in disguise?
News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2016
» With the failure of negotiations with the Chinese government, the junta plans to drastically chop the length of the delayed Thai-Sino high-speed train to just a third of the original plan.
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Stone dead
News, Postbag, Published on 03/03/2016
» Re: "Superstition the way?", (PostBag, March 2).
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Puzzled by crooks list
News, Postbag, Published on 11/03/2016
» Re: "Government targets over 6,000 'top villains'", (BP, Mar 9).
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Liberalise lease laws
News, Postbag, Published on 29/01/2016
» An argument often heard in Thailand is that to extend leases or grant ownership rights to foreigners would betray sensitivity to the history of colonisation in Southeast Asia. But Thailand has not been subject to colonisation and is seldom seen to be overly sensitive to its neighbours' problems or transgressions, unless they directly impact the kingdom.
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