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Danger to pensioners
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/07/2024
» Re: "Pension pickle", (PostBag July 10).
A very long wait
Published on 08/07/2024
» Re: "Keep maps simple", (PostBag, July 7) & "Thap Lan National Park revamp worries official" (BP, July 1).
Energised escape
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/07/2024
» Re: "Red Bull clan leads rich list", (BP, July 4).
Ease foreign tax burden
News, Editorial, Published on 24/06/2024
» The recent proposal to amend Thailand's foreign income tax regulations has sparked significant debate among expatriates and international investors. This move has raised numerous concerns that urgently need to be addressed.
Another win-win
Postbag, Published on 05/05/2024
» Re: "Protect rights of refugees", (Editorial, April 30).
Cops and robbers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/05/2024
» Re: " 'Big Joke' awaits another miracle", (Opinion, April 29).
Sri Lanka debt overhaul harms older women
Oped, Nisha Arunatilake, Published on 26/01/2024
» The World Bank's Women, Business, and the Law Index has documented a persistent gender pension gap in rich and poor countries. This is partly because of gender-based legal disparities, such as lower mandatory retirement age for women and the lack of pension credit for periods of childcare. Because women have shorter working lives, earn less, and have a longer life expectancy than men, they often receive lower benefits, which must last longer. But the problem is most acute in low- and middle-income countries. Around two-thirds of the world's population aged 60 and older live in the developing world, and that share is projected to rise to 80% by 2050. And, as Sri Lanka's recent restructuring has shown, the mounting sovereign debt crisis threatens to erode retirement savings further, pushing even more older women into poverty.
Overhauling defence
News, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2024
» While Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang's plan to seek 600 million baht from the central budget to fund an early retirement scheme for high-ranking generals is a step in the right direction towards streamlining the armed forces, it nevertheless falls short of the promises it had made.
COP28 won't admit real cost of net zero
News, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 06/12/2023
» The spectacle of another annual climate conference is getting underway in Dubai. Like Kabuki theater, performative set pieces lead from one to the other: politicians and celebrities arrive by private jets; speakers predict imminent doom; hectoring NGOs cast blame; political negotiations become fraught and inevitably go overtime; and finally: the signing of a new agreement that participants hope and pretend will make a difference.
Too optimistic
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2023
» Re: "The Thaksin treatment", (Editorial, Nov 23).