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    Postbag: Fix crossing lights

    News, Published on 26/08/2014

    » Thailand’s first police box (BP, Aug 25) may well reduce crime in some areas but it looks on the small size for Dr Who!

  • OPINION

    NCPO facing its toughest challenge yet

    News, Abhisit Vejjajava, Published on 26/08/2014

    » With the appointment of the prime minister and the upcoming selection of the cabinet and reform council members, the country is entering the second phase of the roadmap as set out by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). This second phase is when most of the reform work and preparations for the return to democracy will be done. This phase will also be critical for the NCPO as its success or failure will ultimately rest on achievements in this period.

  • OPINION

    New tack for deep South

    News, Published on 26/08/2014

    » Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha appears to be ready to take the country back to peace talks with one or more of the separatist groups in the deep South. Negotiations last year with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) never lived up to their optimistic start.

  • OPINION

    Pro-peace PM in full combat mode

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/08/2014

    » Another step towards a return to conservatism was completed yesterday with army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha receiving royal endorsement as the 29th prime minister of Thailand.

  • OPINION

    Remembering Mary Poppins

    Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/08/2014

    » Fifty years ago today, the movie Mary Poppins was released in theatres and would be later heralded as Walt Disney's hallmark masterpiece.

  • OPINION

    Online ratings shake up business

    News, Published on 26/08/2014

    » ' Bonjour Monsieur, comment pourrais-je vous aider?" asks the obsequious concierge at my Paris hotel. I immediately wonder what happened to the city's infamous haughtiness — especially toward American tourists. If the French capital is no longer Europe's rudest city, we can perhaps thank the growth of online rating tools, such as TripAdvisor.

  • OPINION

    Postbag: Reform homework

    News, Published on 25/08/2014

    » Re: "Doing students" homework lucrative business”, BP Online, Aug 22.

  • OPINION

    Prayuth must be amenable

    News, Published on 25/08/2014

    » Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has consolidated power and now intends to move forward on his reform plans. During what he sees as a transition period, the nation will be under firm military control. During the next 14 months or so, he intends both to run the country and institute sweeping reforms of a sort that have not even been attempted in recent decades. It’s a difficult task, and the general has demanded full compliance from the country while he goes about his work.

  • OPINION

    Judge NCPO by its performance, not by opinion polls

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/08/2014

    » Bangkok University's Krungthep Poll came out last week with the latest opinion survey on the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) showing it had scored 6.9 points out of 10 for its first three-month performance. By comparison, for that same time period, the Yingluck government scored 4.49 points, and the Abhisit government 3.82 points.

  • OPINION

    Freezing the odds

    Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/08/2014

    » If you haven't heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge by now, you are either a hermit living in a cave in Tibet or Sleeping Beauty, just waking up from a century of slumber in the highest room of the tallest tower of a magical castle.

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