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Bangkok traffic cure
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/10/2024
» Re: "Congestion fee questions", (Editorial, Oct 23). Indeed, penalising parties using private cars coming to town does not alone solve the horrendous traffic jams that some Bangkokians have to endure. The crucial enticement is to provide alternatives that are reliable citi-wise and popular. In London, it is usual to see most office workers taking public transport to work and using private cars at weekends.
Nation readies for new chapter
News, Editorial, Published on 07/11/2021
» The moment the nation has been praying for finally came last Monday after an 18-month spell where "Thainess" lost a little of its je ne sais quoi without the cacophonous backdrop of a steady stream of foreign tourists.
Money isn't everything
News, Postbag, Published on 31/10/2021
» Re: "Tourism readies for takeoff," (Business, Oct 27).
Tourist fee could be nail in coffin
News, Editorial, Published on 10/10/2021
» Early last week, news surfaced that the Centre for Economic Situation Administration rubber-stamped a proposal brought by the National Tourism Policy Committee to collect a "small tax" from tourists entering the country, starting in 2022.
Twitter exposes army's feeble IO strategies
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 13/10/2020
» Has word reached the Digital Economy and Society Ministry that the earth is not flat? That the "world" is a big round planet of which our country is a tiny little part, physically and figuratively?
Shady Thamanat
News, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2020
» Re: "Alro readying to repossess forest land, rent it back to businesses", (BP, June 14).
Failed 'THAI-land'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/05/2020
» Re: "THAI Airways a microcosm of Thailand," (Opinion, May 29).
Anutin's racist silence
News, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2020
» Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul showed his bias, racism and ignorance by posting remarks regarding the Covid-19 crisis. He called farang "dirty" ... yet the coronavirus came from nearby China. He never mentioned the Chinese.
Revamp Loy Krathong
News, Postbag, Published on 11/11/2019
» The festival of Loy Krathong needs to be brought into the 21st century and the celebration modified to fit the current reality. There is nothing wrong with taking the time and energy to pay homage to the Water Spirit, whether you take this literally or metaphorically.
Unjustifiable evil
News, Postbag, Published on 17/10/2019
» Re: "'Political warfare' worries veteran critic", (BP, Oct 16).