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Free rides on new line in November
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/09/2023
» The 34.5-kilometre-long Pink Line mass-transit system is expected to offer free rides in November, according to the government's "Thai Khu Fah" Facebook page.
Pros, cons of Thai education
News, Apichin Chitviriyakul, Published on 28/04/2023
» As the Covid-19 pandemic begins to ease, the number of international students looking to study in Thailand's higher education institutions is starting to rise.
Snakes can do good
News, Published on 29/08/2022
» Re: "Snake encounter reported every 15 minutes in Bangkok," (Online, Aug 27).
Masks no longer compulsory
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/06/2022
» The government has lifted its face mask mandate and advised vulnerable groups and those who suspect they may be infected to still use them for the sake of personal and public health.
Foreign noses always good for a laugh
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/12/2021
» Today's column is coming from the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum to where I periodically escape for a break from Bangkok. There was a quick reminder that I was no longer in the Big Mango while sitting in a village restaurant with my wife and friends. A Thai lad about 5 years old came up to our table and stared at me for a bit and giggled. I might add this is not an unusual reaction to Crutch in the provinces.
Ex-Austria envoy is new ombudsman
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2021
» Politics: The Senate yesterday selected former diplomat Songsak Saicheua as an ombudsman.
More street food sites to open
News, Published on 19/12/2020
» CITY: Bangkok is to get 34 new permanent street food sites, deputy governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul says.
Monorail ushers in hope
News, Published on 07/06/2020
» If anyone has visited Charoen Nakhon area in Thon Buri area recently, they might be surprised by the bumper-to-bumper traffic -- a situation rarely seen elsewhere during the Covid-19 pandemic. The congestion has been caused by the construction of the country's first monorail known as the Gold Line.
Criminals exploiting 'fears of contagion'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/04/2020
» The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has seen its workload increase recently due to crimes related to the coronavirus pandemic, its chief warned yesterday.
Mass testing best
News, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2020
» The most effective and cheapest way of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic will be to conduct mass testing of the population, as urged by eminent French infectious diseases expert Dr Didier Raoult. He has pointed out that cheaply mass produced testing equipment is already available and is being used effectively in South Korea. Countries, including Thailand, should build up this mass testing capability as fast as it can and test as many people as possible. That way it will be possible to isolate only those who test positive and it also makes it possible to treat those who start showing symptoms early which boosts the chance of a favourable outcome for them. This will be far more effective than locking down entire populations of people who are not infected and causing a massive economic dislocation in the process. In Thailand's case, it may cost US$325 million (10.5 billion baht) to test the entire population, but that would be a drop in the bucket compared to the $8 billion cost of a 5% decline in GDP.