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Final curtain call for grand old station
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/12/2021
» There is some debate concerning the fate of Bangkok's 105-year-old Hua Lamphong railway station which is scheduled to close at the end of the month. Hopefully a happy compromise can be reached with the station being preserved as a museum and its immediate area a public park. The State Railway of Thailand should also be given leeway to make itself some money, even if it means yet another mall.
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Famous last words, some less famous
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/02/2019
» I nearly ended up in "The Great Newspaper in the Sky" recently when a thundering truck ignored the red lights at a Klong Toey junction and missed our taxi by a whisker. The taxi driver seemed to think the incident was amusing, while all I managed was to blurt out "bloody hell!"
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Hope, solidarity amid coup crisis
Oped, Published on 24/03/2021
» The sweet fragrance of jasmine flowers strung across the rear view mirror of a taxi I was in offered the only sense of familiarity in a country that had changed dramatically overnight. That morning, Feb 1, I had woken up stunned, like millions in Myanmar, to the news that the military had declared a state of emergency and seized power from the country's civilian leadership.
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Dodging the real problem
News, Editorial, Published on 29/12/2020
» As expected, Police Commander Suwat Jangyodsuk has transferred four senior officers to inactive posts following the gambling den saga in Rayong that is being blamed for a cluster Covid-19 infection in the eastern province.
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Thai tourism needs work
News, Editorial, Published on 14/12/2020
» While the government is trying to boost domestic tourism to replace the loss of revenue from foreign visitors due to the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic, such efforts have been affected by a poor quality of services on offer to tourists.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: on the crest of a ‘red wave’ - poised to be swept back into office
Published on 07/11/2020
» Millions of Myanmar voters head to polls Sunday to elect the party that will govern the country for the next five years. According to most analysts and commentators the result is almost a fore gone conclusion. The ruling party – the National League for Democracy (NLD), which had a landslide victory in 2015, led by its charismatic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi – is expected to be returned, though likely with a reduced majority.
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Don't let it rain on your parade
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 02/10/2020
» You may be reading this while staying indoors as the Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain in a few areas of Bangkok and adjoining provinces until Monday. If the downpour gets you down (on top of pretty much everything in your newsfeed lately), I'm here to lift up your spirits by looking at the light side of heavy rain in Thailand.
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You make your own luck in this life
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 14/09/2020
» Tham Nakha (Naga Cave), which was unveiled as a new attraction in Phu Langka National Park in Bung Kan province two months ago, was closed indefinitely last week by an order of the Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa.
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The winds of change are blowing
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/08/2020
» The wind of change has swept across Thailand and awakened Thai youth faster and more furiously than I've witnessed before in my lifetime. The three-fingered salute of rebellion which has spread to high-school students like Covid-19 during the traditional ritual of national anthem singing appears to have caused alarm among older generation people like myself.
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All the news that's fit to print
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/08/2020
» The news hasn't been particularly uplifting recently, has it? Open the paper, or switch on the television news any morning and there is a good chance you will feel like going straight back to bed and starting the day all over again.
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