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There's devotion
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/02/2018
» Re: “Ex-park staffer ‘aided hunting group’,” (BP, Feb 10). Not only the defence on the 25 “borrowed” wristwatches worth 39.5 million baht (“NACC vows to wrap up Prawit probe”, BP, Feb 10) challenges common decency of logic but your latest news of the deputy police chief considering charging Wichien Chinnawong, chief of the Western Thungyai Wildlife Sanctuary, for not having collected admission fees from the influential tycoon has given me a mixed feeling of either to laugh or cry.
The Putin factor and Russia's future
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/02/2018
» Why wait another month to report on the Russian election when we can wrap it up right now? Vladimir Putin is going to win another six years in power by a landslide -- probably between 60% and 70% of the vote. The real question is what happens after that, because he will be 72 by the end of his next term and will not legally be allowed to run for president again.
'Organic' food can still bedevil your health
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/03/2018
» Despite all my self-indulgences such as my habit of going on binges, I consider myself a health conscious person. I swoon over the word "organic." Organic rice. Organic coffee. Organic eggs... sometimes I have even sipped organic wine, out of conscience.
A smarter approach to taxes is needed
News, Editorial, Published on 01/04/2018
» Last week the Ministry of Finance revealed it was exploring a better way to tax people. Its plan aims to revamp the tax structure by raising the ratio of asset- and consumption-based taxes, rather than heavily relying on income tax.
How Asia can tackle US trade wars
News, Lee Jong-wha, Published on 02/04/2018
» Over the past five decades or so, Asia's economies have relied largely on an export-oriented development model to support rapid economic transformation and growth. But with US President Donald Trump fulfilling his promise to adopt a more protectionist approach to trade -- an effort that could spur retaliatory measures by other countries -- that model is coming under increasing strain.
Hungary's Orbanomics leaves some of poorest behind
News, Gergely Szakacs, Published on 03/04/2018
» The pre-election fanfare over Hungary's stellar growth and surging wages hardly registers with Laszlo Reisch, an employee in a government works programme who is stuck on the wrong side of a growing social divide.
New tax plan is a real handicap
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 04/04/2018
» As it is deliberating a land and buildings tax bill, a National Legislative Assembly (NLA) committee is also considering offering golf course operators tax breaks under the proposed law. This move, however, undermines the spirit of the legislation.
Campaign of terror
News, Postbag, Published on 07/04/2018
» Re: "Walls close in on free press", (Editorial, April 6).
'Disrupters' challenge old power grid
News, Wichsinee Wibulpolprasert, Published on 12/04/2018
» Thailand's electricity production has relied heavily on natural gas for the past several decades. In an attempt to increase energy security, the most recent Power Development Plan (2015) proposed a transition away from natural gas and towards a more diversified portfolio of renewable, hydro and coal.
Underwhelming taxis
News, Postbag, Published on 05/05/2018
» Re: "B5 minimum taxi fare hike needed, TDRI finds", (BP, May 1). I approve of the TDRI's suggestion for a five-baht rise in the minimum fare and a surcharge for traffic delays, as proposed by the TDRI's Sumet Ongkittikul, who found that taxi drivers earn just about the minimum wage.