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New year wish list
News, Published on 24/12/2012
» The time of the year has come again when farmers are burning their rice fields regardless of research showing that this diminishes rice yields. Why is nothing being done to eliminate burning and create a win-win situation through rising yield rates and reduced pollution?
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Bangkok choking on its residents
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 25/12/2012
» I asked my niece what gift would she want this Christmas. ''A playground,''she replied. ''There is nowhere I can play here.''
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Missionaries' mixed fruits
News, Published on 30/12/2012
» Andrew Biggs posed a pertinent question in last Sunday's Brunch when he asked exactly why Christian missionaries are in Thailand. I used to be a teacher at an allegedly Christian school where lots of students were the children of missionaries.
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How about a few new laws for Thailand?
News, Songkran Grachangnetara, Published on 19/01/2013
» The following are some of the new laws which I think if judiciously implemented would make a lot of sense and bring happiness to the general public. No doubt readers will be able to come up with some of their own new laws too.
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Poor left out
News, Published on 27/01/2013
» The report in Saturday's Business section that Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BGH), a private group, has acquired a hospital in the Northeast and is looking to expand its hospital acquisitions there is not as positive as it first seems.
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Sporting spirit takes a timeout
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 31/01/2013
» January should be a good month to start anew or pursue our resolutions. But alas, it didn't seem to go that way in the world of sport, which was rife with reports of poor sportsmanship and nasty players who resorted to antics or negative tactics that went against the spirit of fair play.
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Democrats risk political oblivion in city poll
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 08/02/2013
» Over the past decade, Bangkok's governor race has provided telling implications for national politics. The winner, in that time, has come from the opposition party in national politics. In other words, the largest national winning party lost in Bangkok consecutively in 2004, 2008 and 2009. This time, ahead of the March 3 poll, the Bangkok governor race is yielding counterintuitive poll numbers that may portend a pattern for the next national election due by 2015.
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Postbag: Rats on Sukhumvit
News, Published on 18/02/2013
» I am a regular visitor to Bangkok but my last visit has made me wonder if Sukhumvit Road is in the middle of a rat plague? I don't recall ever seeing so many rats, and all during the day.
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You simply can't beat a good cup of tea
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/03/2013
» In a letter to ''Postbag'' during the week a reader attributed his mother's longevity partly to having a taste for ''expensive tea''. This is encouraging news, as I can't get started in the morning without a couple of cups _ OK, mugs _ of English breakfast tea, which definitely isn't cheap.
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The brighter side of lese majeste
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 24/03/2013
» Too often we focus on the negative and fail to appreciate the positive. After all, mankind's penchant for complaining is spiritually gratifying and psychologically therapeutic, while a pat on the back is nothing but a selfless act.
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