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City smog is a real crisis
News, Editorial, Published on 17/01/2019
» The hazardous smog that has blanketed Bangkok and other cities in the past week should have prompted the government and state agencies to respond with effective crisis-management and integrated long-term plans to tackle the root causes of the problem.
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Asylum policy adjustments welcome
News, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2019
» The new, high-profile chief of immigration is promising an optimistic and extremely welcome change of policy. While the exact plans are being thrashed out, Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn pledges to provide more humane and professional treatment of refugees and asylum seekers.
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Fighting the plastic waste
News, Editorial, Published on 30/01/2019
» A group of the world's big energy, petrochemical and plastic manufacturing companies has just announced a massively funded programme to cut pollution by plastic waste, with a focus on Southeast Asia. The investment totals US$1.5 billion (47.2 billion baht), roughly equivalent to what the entire country spends during Chinese New Year. It is questionable whether it truly will help.
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Safe roads not just for holidays
News, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2019
» The government's road safety promotion campaign during the New Year holidays, better known as the "seven dangerous days", ended with mixed results: the number of accidents fell slightly but the death toll was up to 463, which is a 9.5% increase from last year's figures.
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Let's have fair health care
News, Editorial, Published on 14/12/2018
» A government plan to revamp medical welfare management system is a welcome move, though it needs to be approached with some caution. The plan was revealed by Phirom Kamonratakun, as chairman of a subcommittee on public health reform, saying that it is aimed at ensuring that every citizen has equal access to the privileges accorded by the three healthcare funds, namely universal healthcare coverage (UHC), known as the 30-baht gold card, which covers 48 million people; the welfare fund for civil servants; and the workers' welfare system under the Social Security Fund (SSF).
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Mass transit key to cleaner air
News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2018
» It's time to panic. For two consecutive years, Bangkok residents have had to cope with a serious air pollution problem, ultra-fine dust known widely known as PM2.5.
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Bracing for the storm
News, Editorial, Published on 04/01/2019
» People across Thailand are praying for the southern region as Tropical Storm Pabuk, which originated in the South China Sea, inches closer to the coastline.
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Is river project for everyone?
News, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2018
» The Chao Phraya promenade, a 14-kilometre walkway and bike route on the banks of the river that is dubbed the artery of the nation is to face yet another hurdle.
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End bans on free speech
News, Editorial, Published on 21/11/2018
» Three months away from a possible election, the ban on political activities and basic freedoms is truly a mystery. There seems no logical reason to continue the bans. They were imposed by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in the wake of the May 22, 2014, coup. They were regularised by formal edict early in 2015. The army-controlled junta continues to state it will not lift the bans "yet" and refuses to state an ending date.
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Rohingya crisis remains
News, Editorial, Published on 19/11/2018
» An ill-conceived plan to force abused Rohingya back to the place their troubles broke down last week. It's a mark of this group's current tragedy that the failure of the Bangladesh-to-Myanmar repatriation plan was the first good news for the Rohingya in a long time. Officials of the two countries involved wanted to pursue the reverse expulsion. But every refugee involved, the United Nations agency in charge and all aid agencies were opposed.
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