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Flat fare a good start
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/07/2025
» The 20-baht flat fare for electric trains that will run from Oct 1 this year to Sept 30 next year is a welcome move to ease the cost of living for city commuters.
ABOUT POLITICS: A sound bit of advice
Oped, Published on 10/05/2025
» A message has been conveyed by a former finance minister to an aspiring one -- don't be too agreeable with the government when it comes to money matters.
Monitor the wallet scheme
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2024
» The wait is over. The Srettha government finally launched the long-awaited digital wallet scheme on Thursday. This costly cash handout is the flagship policy of the Pheu Thai Party from the 2023 general election. The scheme will put 450 billion baht of digital cash into the hands of over 40 million eligible recipients, with the hope that they will buy local goods, spurring grassroots trade and investment.
Grim path to peace
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/05/2023
» Re: "Can Jakarta push peace in Myanmar?" (Opinion, May 9).
Could've, should've
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/05/2023
» Re: "Thaksin's tweet sparks debate", & "In Quote", (BP, May 2).
Words of praise
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/10/2022
» Re: "Being Anand Panyarachun," (Life, Oct 11).
Test kits too pricey
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/07/2021
» Re: "The importance of testing," (BP, July 26).
Giving us a break?
Oped, Published on 26/06/2021
» There were five PostBag letters on June 24. Not one of them was from Felix Qui, Burin Kantabutra, Kuldeep Nagi or Eric Bahrt. Was it because they didn't write any or because the PostBag Editor finally decided to give readers a break from those guys?
A knee-jerk reaction
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2021
» I take a somewhat different view from that of David Brown in his Feb 11 letter on what Australia's reaction to the latest Myanmar coup should be.
No 'peace and order' at all
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/10/2020
» With the decision to round up the leaders of anti-dictatorship activists who occupied areas surrounding the Democracy Monument ahead of today's planned rally, the police may have hoped to prevent a face-off between the protesters and right-wing extremists.