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Mother Suu brings excitement and hope to campaign trail
Spectrum, Songpol Kaopatumtip, Published on 25/03/2012
» Clutching a bouquet of roses and a small red flag, Min Min Oo stood in the hot afternoon sun along with about 500 other people, many of them in red T-shirts with the National League for Democracy (NLD) logo. ''We started our trip at 6am. It's exhausting but we don't want to miss this once in a lifetime chance to welcome Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,'' said the 28-year-old graduate student from Kyaikhto town.
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Order in the house! Make mine a double
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 04/03/2012
» Politicians and alcohol _ much like love and marriage _ go together like a horse and carriage. While the Democrats have been wagging their collective finger at Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung for appearing to have had one too many before a debate in parliament, many who aren't Thai or don't understand Thai politics, media or culture are simply bemused.
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Ignorance 'the main enemy in abortion debate'
Spectrum, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/03/2012
» In Thailand, a woman can't just walk into a hospital and ask for an abortion, according to Nattaya Boonpakdee, coordinator at the Women's Health Advocacy Foundation. "You have to know somebody," she said, adding that this somebody may then lead you to a proper clinic, or to an abandoned house or shady back-street operation where the procedure will be performed, although not necessarily by a doctor.
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Uphill fight means 'people's bills' remain a pipedream
Spectrum, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 04/03/2012
» In 2005, Prue Odochao and 90 other forest dwellers made the long march from Chiang Mai to Bangkok's parliament building to voice their opposition to a bill that they had first submitted in 1999. They said the amendments to their community forest draft bill by MPs and senators violated the spirit of the draft, which was intended to formalise community management of forests, a way of life in forested areas for centuries.
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Grime and punishment: deluge victims still bailing out battered homes
Spectrum, Published on 04/03/2012
» There is a line scarring almost every building, post and fence along the northern and western outskirts of Bangkok. Brown, filthy and marinated in mould _ it jumps across highways and canals, staining walls, poles, pillars and fences, stretching across 30 of the capital's districts. It is the water mark of last year's floods, and often the only physical reminder of the fears continuing to reverberate throughout affected communities.
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All aboard! city condominium developers follow rail lines
Spectrum, Published on 04/03/2012
» The evolution of Bangkok's property market over the past two decades has closely tracked the development of rail mass transit, with a huge increase in condominium supply along BTS and MRT routes. As new rail lines and extensions slowly take shape, condominium developers are looking farther afield to the suburbs, where single houses and townhouses used to dominate the market.
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Portfolio success a complicated equation
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 04/03/2012
» Last week, we looked at portfolio diversification and how you can manage your existing nest egg and capitalise on performance while broadening your overall balance to suit your risk appetite and time horizon.
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TAXES IN THAILAND XI: Credits _ Part Two
Spectrum, Published on 04/03/2012
» Last time, we discussed the concept that some taxes are withheld at source. The idea is that the person who pays for the goods, service or property withholds and pays some of the price to the government on behalf of the provider.
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Voices of the silent
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 11/03/2012
» Last Thursday was International Women's Day, an occasion that for a century has served for people to demand greater civil rights, representation and equality; to honour wives, mothers and girlfriends and the accomplishments of women; to call for an end to global hunger and poverty; and, increasingly, to highlight the plight of refugees and the displaced.
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Regional unity 'lies in sharing languages'
Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 11/03/2012
» There has been a great deal said about the need to improve English-language skills ahead of the formation of the Asean Economic Community in 2015, but much less emphasis is put on communication between members in their native languages. While English is indispensable as a common international language, a multilingual approach also has clear advantages for building regional understanding and relations.
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