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World Bank: Slow down govt spending
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/05/2012
» With world export economy near crisis & a Greek govt spending disaster, caution in Thai govt spending a safe choice.
Avoiding luxury car tax: Quick & easy money?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/05/2012
» Now being rounded up by police: customs officials & Thais returning from UK as students & workers who illegally imported luxury cars for profit.
Thailand invests in Burma: Deep-sea port & industrial estate
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/05/2012
» 203 Thai projects worth 30 billion baht get government go-ahead after easing of US economic sanctions against Burma.
Burma's food industry: Time for investment
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/05/2012
» Burma, still mainly an agricultural country, needs help from Thailand developing its food industry & technology.
Afghan swimmer dreams of London Paralympics
AFP, Published on 14/05/2012
» Afghan teenager Malek Mohammad balances on his hands, readies his stumps, then dives perilously into the water. The 18-year-old, whose legs were blown off by a Soviet landmine, dreams of swimming for Afghanistan in the London Paralympics.
Govt spending: More to provinces, less to Bangkok
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/05/2012
» World Bank report this week shows that too much govt spending goes to Bangkok & that more should go to the provinces.
Afghan swimmer dreams of London Paralympics
AFP, Published on 11/05/2012
» Afghan teenager Malek Mohammad balances on his hands, readies his stumps, then dives perilously into the water. The 18-year-old, whose legs were blown off by a Soviet landmine, dreams of swimming for Afghanistan in the London Paralympics.
Bringing motor racing to the farm
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/05/2012
» Power tiller races excite imagination of young people who moved off to big city who might buy one for parents back home, also neighboring country future markets.
Hot and maybe a little bothered
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/05/2012
» It was Oscar Wilde who observed: ''conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative''. He might have had a point, but it means there have been a lot of unimaginative folk in Thailand lately. I can hardly recall a conversation in recent weeks without a reference to the heat. It definitely has been ''a bit on the warm side''.
Lady of Myanmar
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 03/05/2012
» Today's top list of must-see sites in Yangon include not only famous pagodas or museums but also a visit to the headquarters of the National League of Democracy (NLD), the opposition party founded and led by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as the Lady's house.