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Ministry looks to mandatory CoST scheme
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/09/2018
» The Finance Ministry has set its sights on adopting mandatory construction sector transparency (CoST) for state projects in an effort to cut corruption.
Land of the unfree
News, Published on 19/09/2018
» Re: "Time to lift rights bans", (Editorial, Sept 17).
30 minutes in Salisbury and two Russians
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/09/2018
» Salisbury is a nice old English city with a fine cathedral, only an hour and a half from London by train, but it doesn't see many Russian tourists in wintertime. It's not as cold as Moscow, but Russians tend to prefer Mediterranean destinations for holiday breaks in early March -- unless, of course, they are planning to kill somebody.
Defending the indefensible
News, Editorial, Published on 19/09/2018
» The conversion of Aung San Suu Kyi from human rights champion to defender of military violence has been painful to watch. The Myanmar leader capped her change last week. At a UN-sponsored conference in Hanoi, she sloughed off questions about the brutal expulsion of 700,000 Rohingya, who now are refugees. Shockingly, she defended the imprisonment of two Myanmar reporters by praising a law written by colonialists to intimidate and punish her own country's citizens.
AI risks devastating developing world economies
News, Published on 19/09/2018
» Most studies of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs and the economy have focused on developed countries such as the US and Britain. But through my work as a scientist, technology executive and venture capitalist in the US and China, I've come to believe that the gravest threat AI poses is to emerging economies.
Bitcoin's biggest name forgot rule for selling shovels
News, Published on 19/09/2018
» We all know the sage advice that in a gold rush the best thing to do is sell shovels.
New York Abstracts
Life, Published on 19/09/2018
» As an abstract painter, Hisako Kobayashi's art combines the diverse influences of a person who still feels a strong affinity with her native Japan, but who also received rigorous artistic training in the US and who has lived in that country for most of her adult life.
Transforming how governance is done
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 19/09/2018
» An open digital governance system, one of the main initiatives in Thailand's digital transformation, entails three core concepts -- paperless, cashless and e-payment -- that are scheduled to begin implementation by the end of this year.
The pastoral romance returns
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/09/2018
» The star-crossed lovers coo. They ride their buffaloes through a verdant field, splash mud, evade spiteful parents, and make a vow at the shrine of the banyan tree. But their romance, like all memorable romances in books and life, is doomed by the circumstances of fate, tragic and scarred, and their destiny is one of the most heartbreaking in the canon of Siamese literature and film.
JLL points to surge in private education
Business, Published on 19/09/2018
» The private education market in Asia-Pacific is a growing investment opportunity, driven by the region's demand for high-quality international schools with a focus on English curricula, says a report by property consultancy JLL.