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Airport flops prove dreamers wrong
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 22/04/2024
» Bringing an airport to a province isn't always a boon. It can be a burden too.
Koh Samui bridge could dent tourism
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 06/09/2023
» A bridge connecting the mainland to a popular resort island does not necessarily promise more prosperity for the latter. It could just transfer more problems to it, which is a risk now facing Koh Samui.
Tourism needs a Plan B to hit its target
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 17/07/2023
» Thailand's key economic driver has cruised past the first six months but it could see a big speed bump ahead on the road to year's end.
Prayut blows noisy rafts out of the water
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 23/11/2015
» Authorities in Kanchanaburi for a long time turned a deaf ear to the shattering music that pounded out from discos on the Kwai Yai and Kwai Noi rivers. Until last Tuesday, when one person complained about it.
This is one fight Thaksin can't win
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 07/12/2015
» Thaksin Shinawatra has obviously not mistaken Dec 1 for Jan 1. So why did he rush to send out a New Year message?
Chinese won't let Kra canal fade away
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 14/12/2015
» It's an old song.
Airlines not to blame for bus problems
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 12/10/2015
» Inter-provincial buses are not running out of gas; they are running out of passengers. Transport Co is apparently following in the footsteps of another state-owned enterprise under the Transport Ministry as it struggles to fill up its fleet with passengers. The firm is on course to see net profits drop sharply from 342 million baht last year to around 217 million this year.
Too risky to use S44 for everything
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 02/11/2015
» The government seems not to be paying attention to this danger and is moving the country close to becoming comfortably addicted to the most powerful clause in the interim constitution -- Section 44. Cabinet ministers look to it as a cure-all which can fix every malady, from illegal trawlers to train construction.
Zico can get THAI scoring goals again
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 16/11/2015
» I wonder what would happen at Thai Airways International if Kiatisak "Zico" Senamuang was appointed the "head coach"? Zico, one of thailand's greatest players and now national team coach, and THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira rose to the top of their respective organisations under similar circumstances. The Thai national football team before the former striker took the helm was going through a crisis of confidence and despairing fans could only watch as the War Elephants went up and then dramatically down through a major trophy drought. At the airline, Mr Charamporn, the former Stock Exchange of Thailand president, stepped in to take the presidency amid myriad troubles and plunging prestige.
Anti-coup bomb theory a smokescreen
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 24/08/2015
» The carnage at the Erawan shrine last Monday was horrifying. And what the defence minister said afterwards was also shocking.