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US fiscal end is nigh
News, Postbag, Published on 16/12/2015
» Re: “No need to rush on TPP”, (Editorial, Dec 15).
GMOs a taboo topic
News, Postbag, Published on 12/12/2015
» The anti-GMO protest gathering at Government House has shown an exchange of arguments with dignity (BP, Dec 10).
Koh Tao dashes reform hope
Oped, Published on 27/12/2015
» I’m surprised at the lack of reaction in the Bangkok Post regarding the Koh Tao murder verdict; social media is awash with outrage. Clearly, though not unexpectedly, this whole trial was a farcical charade from day one, paraded before the world to accentuate our ineptitude in achieving justice.
Keep up the good work
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/12/2015
» Well, I’m back! At immigration I actually got a smile but it might have been due to the fashionable Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts I was wearing.
Foreign lesion
News, Postbag, Published on 03/12/2015
» Re: “Foreigners ineligible”, (PostBag, Nov 28). While it is at least admirable that the CEO of the mass transit system wrote to clarify the policy regarding the use of the senior ticket on the MRT/BTS (or whichever he represents), I would appreciate knowing the rationale and the litmus test for someone to qualify. I have lived in Thailand for five and a half years (and have been over 60 all that time), I have a retirement visa, a Thai driver’s licence, I own (in my wife’s name, of course) a house and a car.
More maturity needed
News, Postbag, Published on 28/11/2015
» Re: “Western folly in Middle East quagmire”, (Opinion, Nov 27).
There’s plenty to fear
News, Postbag, Published on 13/09/2015
» Re: “It’s not terrorism we fear” (Life, Sept 11).
Justice at long last
News, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2015
» A hearty congratulations to PM Prayut Chan-o-cha and our judges for sentencing Chonsawat Asavahame, son of fugitive and influential ex-politician Vatana Asavanhame, to 18 months in jail for dereliction of duty in the fraud-tainted Samut Prakan municipal elections.
An alternate UN
News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2015
» Re: “Need for change clear as UN turns 70”, by Jeffrey D Sachs (BP, Aug 23).
Substandard argument
News, Postbag, Published on 06/08/2015
» The justifications put forward for Thailand needing submarines grow increasingly bizarre. Some months ago, when the matter was raised, it was said Thailand was seeking parity with its neighbours.