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Making a smart move
News, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2015
» The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) decided to introduce the Smart Classrooms project to replace the tablet PC project for students which was scrapped by the National Council for Peace and Order. The 1.17-billion-baht leftover budget, which was earlier earmarked to procure tablets for Mathayom 1 students in the North and Northeast, would be shifted and will be complemented by 3 billion baht from the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.
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The big issue: The man in the yellow T-shirt
Alan Dawson, Published on 23/08/2015
» Police and the public know pretty much everything about the life of the man in the yellow T-shirt. Everything, that is, for the 20 minutes of that vile life between 6.38pm and 6.58pm last Monday.
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Driving a new mindset at the wheel
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 24/07/2015
» As a resident of Sukhi 2 community in Muang district of Pathum Thani, 54-year-old Lanchakorn Chanklom had always used the pedestrian crossing on the Rangsit-Pathum Thani Road. She realised the risks involved as some people had been hit while crossing the street there in previous years. She joined her community campaign by signing a petition asking local authorities to build a pedestrian bridge.
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Everything changes, yet remains the same
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 27/07/2015
» Change has come to my neighbourhood and I'm going through a bit of a nostalgic mood.
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Shrine saga throws up bluster, but few facts
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 28/08/2015
» The fog of Thai crisis management can be thick and heavy. Almost a fortnight after a powerful bomb explosion rocked the landmark Erawan shrine area in central Bangkok and claimed 20 lives with scores of injuries, Thai authorities have made just about zero progress.
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Those ‘do you know who I am?’ moments
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/07/2015
» It happens around the world. Someone important, or who at least thinks they are important, throws a tantrum when seeking special treatment. It often features an arrogant “don’t (sometimes ‘do’) you know who I am?” — an expression US columnist Leonard Pitts termed a “battle cry of the privileged”.
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Mum's the word
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 12/08/2015
» Today is not a regular, boring Wednesday. Not the most hopeless of all the weekdays with the spell that makes us workers feel so wretched for realising we're only halfway through the week. Out of about 16 public holidays Thailand gets in a year, today is one of them. But today is Aug 12, and not just some meaningless public holiday that the people of Bangkok like to take for granted with a good drive to Hua Hin or Pattaya.
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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”.
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Authorities must face a new reality
News, Editorial, Published on 23/08/2015
» The Erawan bomber ghosted into the heart of Bangkok on Monday evening — took 20 lives in the blink of an eye — and disappeared just as swiftly into the night on the back of a motorcycle.
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Only in the land of awe
News, Postbag, Published on 11/07/2015
» I refer to three letters in PostBag, July 9, regarding Gen Prayut backing the navy purchase of submarines.
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