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Financial flexibility key to growth
News, Konchawan Kanthasut and Thanthip Srisuwannake, Published on 06/11/2024
» Trade associations in Thailand are stuck with a frustrating rule -- they can only keep their income in savings accounts. This limits their ability to make smarter investments that could grow their funds. Without a change in the law, they will keep missing opportunities to increase resources and offer more value to their members.
Fixing flaws in Thailand's booze law
Oped, Thanthip Srisuwannaket, Published on 03/07/2024
» Sixteen years after the Alcohol Control Act was enforced to curb youth drinking, consumption among youngsters remains as high as ever, highlighting the law's ineffectiveness.
Go, the governor
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/07/2023
» Re: "Tackling vague laws, for public safety", (Opinion, July 7).
Tackling vague laws, for public safety
Oped, Thanthip Srisuwannaket, Published on 05/07/2023
» In Bangkok's construction industry, demands for kickbacks from city authorities are nothing new. But when it was the Bangkok governor who exposed the corruption himself, change may be on the way.
Knowledge is power
News, Postbag, Published on 02/05/2021
» Re: "Can Thailand ever move forward", (Opinion, April 28).
Temple corruption erodes public faith
Oped, Thanthip Srisuwannaket, Published on 28/04/2021
» As corruption soars in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, its temples are also facing a serious erosion of public faith due to rife corruption in the closed, non-transparent clergy.
Tackling Thailand's food-waste crisis
News, Thanthip Srisuwannaket & Caratlux Liumpetch, Published on 23/10/2019
» When one-third of all food produced globally is thrown away while nearly one billion people go hungry, food waste is not only a moral travesty, it's also a crime against nature.
Bureaucratic maze hampers e-commerce growth
News, Thanthip Srisuwannaket, Published on 09/10/2019
» E-commerce in Thailand is growing quickly and furiously. Yet the majority of operators refuse to be under the state regulatory system. You can't blame them. Blame the bureaucratic maze that keeps them out.
Tackling Thailand's hazardous waste control crisis
News, Caratlux Liumpetch, Published on 11/07/2018
» Since China imposed a ban on its import at the end of last year, electronic waste (e-waste), mainly from the United States and Europe, has had to be diverted to alternative destinations. Before then, it was estimated that roughly 70% of e-waste ended up in China. A series of local news reports on illegal imports of e-waste since the beginning of this year revealed that Thailand may have become one of the main destinations.
Rarefied air
News, Postbag, Published on 03/04/2018
» Re: "Magazine sued for 'blasphemous' kings painting", (BP, March 31).