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Time to tackle VAT
News, Editorial, Published on 29/08/2023
» It has become the pattern that every time the Ministry of Finance floats the idea of raising value-added tax (VAT) or making any changes at all, critics come out to bombard the plan, sending officials running for cover.
How to Name Your Car Like You're One of the 0.1%
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 19/02/2021
» The 0.1% of Thais (not 1% 'cause Thailand has the highest wealth inequality in the world, you see) may rejoice at the recent news that soon you can pay an extra fee to give your vehicle a real name on a licence plate instead of the two-alphabets-and-numerals combo the 99.9% are familiar with. The new rules will allow a combination of more than two alphabets, vowels, tone marks and numbers in a vehicle registration plate for a personal car with no more than seven seats. In short, you can name your car after you or give it a person's name. For example, PM Prayut Chan-o-cha can name his "ประยุทธ์ 2 กรุงเทพมหานคร (Prayut 2 Bangkok)" to commemorate his second term. The plan is expected to be implemented around the middle of this year and you can bid for such a plate with starting price of B1 million. Money raised this way will be spent to improve road safety.
No grasp on reality
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/01/2021
» Researcher Worawan Chandoevwit in Jan 13 article, "Happiness gap in the Land of Smiles," is spot on that "Confronting reality is the first step the government must make.
Save informal workers, save economy
Oped, Boondhariga Chonpitakwong & Worawan Chandoevwit, Published on 13/05/2020
» Unstable income and health risks are no strangers to highway stall vendors, but this year's pandemic underscores the policy urgency to provide them and other 38 million informal workers with better life and work security.
State schemes leave the poor behind
Oped, Worawan Chandoevwit & Boondhariga Chonpitakwong, Published on 25/03/2020
» For people in their 80s, night time is for sleeping. Not for 83-year-old Khem, a poor villager in Buri Ram province. Sleep is a luxury when a big fair in a city nearby means a chance for him to earn some coins from busking.
Business as usual...
News, Postbag, Published on 26/12/2019
» Re: "In 'proxy crisis' land, it's all got so absurd", (Opinion, Dec 24).
Women bear brunt of ageing society
News, Worawan Chandoevwit, Published on 28/08/2019
» Living to a ripe old age is appealing if you are healthy, have someone to take care of you, and have sufficient savings to ensure quality paid care.
New govt must act on inequality
News, Editorial, Published on 14/07/2019
» As the 19 parties in the coalition under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha fine-tune their policy package ahead of its declaration to parliament, they have come to agree that the priority should be addressing social disparities. This seems to be good news.
What is happiness?
News, Postbag, Published on 13/07/2019
» Re: "Bridging disparity still an elusive goal", (Opinion, July 10).
Bridging disparity still an elusive goal
News, Worawan Chandoevwit, Published on 10/07/2019
» If reducing inequality is the Thai state's goal for national development, then this promise has turned empty. And it's official.