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No more Social Security Fund secrecy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/06/2025
» The latest finding showing the Social Security Fund (SSF) purchased the SKYY9 building in Bangkok at double the market value has put a huge question mark over the governance of the country's biggest pension fund.
Welfare fraud must end
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/04/2025
» A whistleblower's report about the massive pharmaceutical fraud involving government officials and medical staff at the Veterans General Hospital shows the need to investigate claims filed with state medical facilities, especially in light of the ballooning medical welfare budget.
Social Security Office spending concerns
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/02/2025
» Concerns raised about budget spending on communication and PR by the Social Security Office (SSO) have brought a much-needed spotlight on the agency that oversees the Social Security Fund (SSF).
The 'living happily ever after' rule is for everyone
Oped, Steve Ammidown, Published on 14/02/2025
» The romance genre has a single set-in-stone rule: The main characters of the story will end up happily in a relationship. The HEA (Happily Ever After) or the HFN (Happy for Now) is the expectation of every reader who picks up a romance novel in the same way a mystery reader waits for a big twisty reveal or a fantasy reader anticipates strange and arcane magic.
Time to end this
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/12/2024
» Re: "By any other name", (PostBag, Dec 29).
Our next top cop
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/09/2024
» Re: "Top cop pick looms large", (Editorial, Sept 18) & "Top cop call likely to spur interference", (BP, Sept 16).
Don't tamper with Social Security Fund
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/07/2024
» The Srettha government is considering various measures to resuscitate the country's economy, including reducing financial contributions to the Social Security Fund (SSF) -- the state pension and welfare fund for millions of workers and retirees.
New lottery not the key
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/06/2024
» The government's plan to launch a lottery scheme for pensioners is a smart move, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Will it be able to boost senior citizens' savings as they claim?
Which way for the Social Security Fund?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2023
» Tomorrow, almost a million Social Security Fund (SSF) members will elect board members to help oversee the largest fund in the country, which amounts to 2.3 trillion baht. The election is a first for the 33-year-old fund. Previously, 14 of 20 board members were recruited, while the other six represent the government and SSF.
Make Social Security Fund sustainable
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/07/2023
» Changing demographics and economic trouble threaten the Social Security Fund (SSF), the country's biggest pension fund.