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    Salvaging a Buddhist sanctuary

    Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 05/02/2012

    » A mong the major casualties of the recent floods was the 2,500-rai Buddhamonthon ("Buddhist park") religious park in Nakhon Pathom province. Today the park scarcely resembles the former green spiritual and recreational sanctuary in the shadow of Bangkok. The meticulously landscaped lawns are now covered with a thick layer of dried brown leaves and dead branches from trees and shrubs killed or severely shocked by the floodwaters that covered the park grounds for weeks. Many big trees were uprooted and still lie where they fell.

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    Sowing the seeds of change

    Spectrum, Jim Algie, Published on 05/02/2012

    » The premise of the film Food, Inc reads like an Orwellian take on farming and agriculture, where a multinational has patented seeds, employing dozens of private investigators and a freephone hotline to track down farmers accused of stealing them, where just 13 abattoirs have monopolised the US meat market and incubated a slew of killer viruses and are run like assembly lines, and the illegal immigrants who staff them are treated only slightly better than the animals.

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    Young lesbian locked up 'for love'

    Spectrum, Published on 05/02/2012

    » Phlong Srey Rann, 20, shuffled across the dusty prison grounds in her blue and white inmate garb one early morning late last month, seemingly resigned to spending the next four and a half years behind bars for having sex with her girlfriend.

  • THAILAND

    Thailand will claim prime spot in asean community

    Spectrum, Published on 05/02/2012

    » Over the last two years I've been talking with a lot of people who are aware that the Asean Economic Community (AEC) will be formed in 2015 and have been preparing themselves and their organisations. But many others have not been preparing and some don't even know what the AEC is. That needs to change because the AEC has the potential to greatly benefit Thailand. Of course, there are some disadvantages we will face as well if we are not well prepared.

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    Factors that could waylay your wealth

    Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 05/02/2012

    » Last week, we looked at the devastating effects inflation can have on the real value of your wealth. We did so in terms of both its capital value and your ongoing income requirement, which invariably increases as time goes by.

  • THAILAND

    TAXES IN THAILAND Part VIII: Calculation of allowances

    Spectrum, Published on 05/02/2012

    » For the past couple of weeks we have used an example to figure out how tax deductions are calculated. This week we'll use the same example to show how allowances work and how they are used to determine taxable income. Remember, the terms allowance and exemption mean the same thing for the purposes of this discussion.

  • THAILAND

    Commercial properties in bangkok's northern suburbs looking good

    Spectrum, Published on 22/01/2012

    » Bangkok's retail market is divided into three main areas _ city, city fringe and suburban. The largest share of retail space is concentrated in suburban Bangkok, totalling 2.56 million square metres, compared with 1.62 million in the city fringe and 1.33 million in the city.

  • THAILAND

    You'll love it when a plan comes together

    Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 22/01/2012

    » Many expats don't realise until it's too late that they are insufficiently prepared for their financial future.

  • THAILAND

    TAXES IN THAILAND VI: Calculation of assessable income

    Spectrum, Published on 22/01/2012

    » This week we're going to work with an example that illustrates how taxable income is calculated. We know it's hard to consider these matters in theory, and readers have asked us for examples.

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