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Another concrete eyesore unveiled at waterfall
Post Reporters, Published on 18/10/2019
» Another concrete platform has been built into a waterfall in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, prompting officials to order vendors to remove the encroachment by Saturday.
South pushes train link to Kuala Lumpur
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/10/2019
» Representatives of the business community in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat, and Pattani have agreed to push for a new train service linking Pattani to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to bolster the local tourism industry.
Internet shutdown fuels Kashmir fake news battle
AFP, Published on 18/10/2019
» NEW DELHI: A communications blackout in India's powderkeg Kashmir region is fuelling a fake news war with Pakistan, as both sides unleash a deluge of disinformation to fill the vacuum and shape opinion.
Catalan students rally en masse to kick off protest strike
AFP, Published on 18/10/2019
» BARCELONA - Catalan separatists were back out on the streets again Thursday, with students rallying as they kicked-off a two-day strike and thousands more pressing on with a long cross-country march towards Barcelona.
VAT refund for tourists hiked to B30,000
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/10/2019
» The Revenue Department is set to raise the ceiling for value-added tax (VAT) refunds for tourists at downtown agents to 30,000 baht per traveller from 12,000 baht at present.
Twin TAT campaigns aim to rake in B400m
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 18/10/2019
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) plans to roll out next month two campaigns -- Visit Thailand with 100 Baht and Shocking Price Weekday Travel -- hoping to generate 400 million baht in tourism income over the remaining months of this year.
Defence 'least transparent'
News, Post reporters, Published on 18/10/2019
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)'s annual Integrity and Transparency Assessment (ITA) ranked the Defence Ministry as the least transparent state agency. The assessment typically gives state agencies a "C" grade.
Sinister tirades
News, Postbag, Published on 18/10/2019
» Re: "Silly conspiracy theories fall flat with young folk", (Opinion, Oct 17).
The (sand)wiching hour
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 18/10/2019
» It eludes me why many think sandwiches can't be a meal. Perhaps it's because the sandwiches we know are the ones bought at a convenience store, which have been refrigerated, then squished under a toaster for a maximum of three minutes and voila, you've got yourself a "sandwich" with barely anything in between. Notice the quotation marks? These "sandwiches" are a sorry excuse of a "sandwich". Fortunately, Bangkok is home to a number of places that does sandwiches properly -- sandwiches that will not just have you filled and satisfied but also have you coming back for more. If you want to get away from the usual rice and noodles, it may be time to jump on the bread wagon. Here are a few of the best sandwich places around the city.