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The value of old money
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 15/01/2018
» High-tech library, co-working space and museum rolled into one, the Bank of Thailand's new Learning Center -- recently opened to commemorate its 75th anniversary -- is shaping up to be Bangkok's latest riverside destination. Situated right by the Chao Phraya, with a picturesque view of the river, the centre is located across from the Bank of Thailand offices under the Rama VIII bridge, and sees a 50-year-old maximum-security note-printing facility transformed into a spacious and serene public library.
Retail prices for cigarettes under review
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/01/2018
» The Excise Department is discussing the legality of prohibiting cigarette importers from setting their retail prices below the prices listed before Sept 16, 2017, the first day the new excise tax came into force.
U Sathorn eyes guests from West
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 15/01/2018
» U Sathorn Bangkok, a hotel under the U Sathorn chain, is mapping out business strategies for this year with a focus on online reservations and increasing the number of Western guests to reach the revenue target of 215 million baht.
Internet afterlives
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 15/01/2018
» Time flies. Things change and more people around me leave this world year after year. Since the start of the New Year, I have been feeling down because birthday reminders and "Like" notifications have been popping up on the Facebook and Instagram pages of my deceased friends. Though some of these "friends" were just co-workers, and some others distant relatives who had never met me in person, I felt uncomfortable with such untimely reminders.
E-wallets and the need for speed
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 15/01/2018
» As in many markets around the globe, retailers and restaurant chains in Thailand are facing a rapidly changing business landscape. Technology has altered consumer behaviour, making people less patient and more open to online shopping and dining.
Report from the far South
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/01/2018
» The first issue of The Melayu Review has the clean sophistication of a respectable literary journal. The layout is unfussy, the photographs black-and-white, and the text in Thai, in shipshape blocks. An editor's note on the first page quotes Dostoyevsky: "But how could you live and have no story to tell?"
Fighting cancer just half the battle
News, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 15/01/2018
» While picking up a bottle of cancer drugs from her desk, a nurse jokingly mentioned how we had to handle it with utmost care. Each bottle, which lasts 30 days, costs as much as half a car, she said. Almost four years ago, I was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. This means the disease has already spread to other parts of my body such as my bones, and it is incurable.