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Where is Thailand's economy going?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/07/2012
» From rice purchases to minimum wages to government handouts, clear long-term plans for the future being replaced by short-term election promises.
Cancer chemicals in your vegetables?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/07/2012
» Vegetables you cook with everyday (cabbage, kale, beans, morning glory, chilli) may have cancer-causing chemicals in them.
Most hated lizard to become handbags
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/06/2012
» Sign of bad luck in Thailand, with 3 million living, monitor lizard no longer endangered so soon to be used for leather in handbags & wallets.
Bye bye to underwear factories
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/06/2012
» With 50-60% market share, leading underwear producer Wacoal plans to move factories to Burma, Laos or Cambodia.
Proving corruption: Slow but precise process
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2012
» Former minister given 3 million baht to buy van in 2009 by a company. Tens of millions of baht of suspicious bank accounts must be explained.
Thailand's food industry show opens
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/05/2012
» As Thailand's premier food industry trade opens, the European economy is heading downwards together with Thai food exports to this lucrative market perhaps.
Govt rice prices ignore global markets: Road to ruin?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/05/2012
» Paying for rice far above world market prices, govt may be destroying Thailand's rice sector & handing leadership to India & Vietnam.
Rice industry corruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/05/2012
» With dealings between millers, exporters & government invisible to public, rice industry corruption seems likely but also impossible to prove.
Bangkok's free internet: 23,000 hotspots
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/05/2012
» Free public Wi-Fi service at 23,000 hotspots around Bangkok at schools, main streets, parks, hospitals, train & bus stations with standard of US & Singapore.
Is inflation spiraling out of control?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/04/2012
» Higher oil prices, wages & govt handouts to ease cost of living, all pushing up production costs & goods prices. Central bank move to control likely.