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A paragon of virtues
News, Postbag, Published on 31/12/2017
» As Pliny the Younger noted, "Example [is] the surest method of instruction."
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Uphill road struggle
News, Postbag, Published on 16/12/2017
» Re: "Tougher driving tests, medical check eyed in road safety push", (BP, Dec 13).
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Very slow learners
News, Postbag, Published on 09/09/2017
» In his Sept 8 letter Songdej Praditsmanon writes that student Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal "was already condemned by fair-minded individuals and cursed by many alumni" but what he doesn't explain is why. To some of us simple minded non-Chula graduates it appears that Mr Netiwit has clearly understood the message from King Rama V given in 1873 when he expressed "the necessity of rebuilding a more equal relationship between different groups in society". What isn't apparent is that the administrators running the university have understood this message and taken steps to advance these opinions.
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Handouts to poor do harm
News, Postbag, Published on 30/07/2017
» The military government plans to spend 40 billion baht on cash handouts and subsidies.
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Perils of police reform
News, Postbag, Published on 08/07/2017
» I'm glad that PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is reforming the police at long last, but he shouldn't reinvent the wheel. In 2006, then-prime minister Gen Surayud Chulanont, former army chief and member of our beloved King Rama IX's Privy Council, appointed retired Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn, former chief of police, to head a distinguished commission for this very purpose.
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Unwelcome tower fee
News, Postbag, Published on 04/07/2017
» Re: "Treasury vows sky-high tower return", (BP, July 1).
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Float school fees fan
News, Postbag, Published on 24/06/2017
» Re: "Wealth for education", (PostBag, June 22).
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Training an eye on China
News, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2017
» Re: "China rail expert plan under fire", (BP, June 15).
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Sink the 'Thaitanic'
News, Published on 06/05/2017
» Secretly approved by the cabinet, the military junta government is planning to purchase Chinese-made submarines, with a total cost of over 36 billion baht. A 700-million-baht down payment will soon be made, followed by a yearly 2.1-billion-baht instalment over the next decade.
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Too long for a lease
News, Postbag, Published on 18/04/2017
» Re: "P-move opposes 99-year leases for foreign investors", (BP, April 17).
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