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Who's afraid of the copycat challenge?
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/10/2014
» This is my message to Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra who is being challenged by a Bangkokian through www.change.org to either take public transport or use his bike to commute. The person who issued the challenge has urged the governor to use public facilities such as pedestrian flyovers to gain first-hand experience of how hard it is to survive on Bangkok streets.
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River can do without more visual blights
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/10/2014
» Can good intentions end in a disaster? This question popped into my mind when I heard about the project to build a gigantic statue of Luang Por To at Wat Rakang Kositaram on the Thon Buri side of the Chao Phraya River.
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New Chula library honours Chamnan
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/09/2014
» Chamnan Yuvaboon, born 100 years ago this year and still going strong, is a man with a distinguished background. He was an outstanding student — the country's first to complete a doctorate degree from Thammasat University's political science faculty in 1953. After starting his career in a junior position in the Interior Ministry, he became a well-recognised figure for the many initiatives he started that still function today.
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Get serious in stopping rape-murders
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 11/07/2014
» The spine-chilling rape-murder of a 13-year-old girl who was travelling on Bangkok-bound overnight train has triggered a public outcry.
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NCPO shuts out public at Map Ta Phut
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/08/2014
» Now, local people at Map Ta Phut industrial area have every reason to feel worried.
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Labour safety needs to be shored up too
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 15/08/2014
» The doomed condominium building that collapsed in Pathum Thani's Khlong Luang district on Monday, causing over 30 casualties, is a wake-up call regarding labour safety in this country.
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Temples must support their communities
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/08/2014
» After some three months in power, the military has established another committee. This time it is to regulate Buddhism.
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Green activist movement loses warrior
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 17/07/2014
» A few years after disappearing from the public eye, environmentalist Sutthi Atchasai, who was known for his relentless fight against Map Ta Phut pollution, shot himself at his house in Rayong on Tuesday, much to the distress of his family and friends.
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Jokowi win shows virtues of listening
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/07/2014
» When I was a political science student at Thammasat University many years ago, there was a major course that many senior students scrambled to register for.
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Seers differ on fate of the men in green
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 01/08/2014
» It’s quite certain that National Council for Peace and Order big boss Prayuth Chan-ocha will become the next prime minister of Thailand, according to forecasts by two prominent fortune tellers.
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