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Plant yourself at chatuchak
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 06/05/2012
» Areader wrote to ask where she could purchase seeds of the vegetable and herbs mentioned in ''Grow your own'' (''Green Fingers'', April 1). The article was about a couple, Rawat and Orawan Chomsri, who now grow herbs like holy basil, sweet basil and hairy basil as well as a green leafy vegetable called kwang toong in their backyard after finding these in short supply during the floods. To ensure I gave the right answer, I went to the Chatuchak plant market _ and found more than just vegetable and herb seeds.
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Friends in need
B Magazine, Published on 06/05/2012
» These three puppies were among five females rescued from the beach in Pran Buri in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. They have been vaccinated and will make good companions. Anyone in the Pran Buri area can visit them and see how cute they are.
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Balancing Act
B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 06/05/2012
» The ultraportable march seemed to hit a high mark with the Apple MacBook Air update in the middle of last year, and now almost all manufacturers have a decent contender on the shelves. It's become a matter of fine tuning _ a balancing act of power with weight, aesthetics with functionality _ and now many combinations of these factors are available, allowing consumers to satisfy their personal needs.
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Woven into the fabric of society
B Magazine, Published on 06/05/2012
» Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn recently graced the official opening ceremony of the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, located in the Ratsadakorn-bhibhathana Building in the Grand Palace complex. The building was built in 1870, and originally housed the offices of the Finance Ministry.
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A mercenary's tale
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 06/05/2012
» Peter Slade was once in prison for five years on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit another murder and attempting to overthrow a foreign government _ partly a victim, he says, of a corrupt Australian judicial system. He fought in the Vietnam War, was a security contractor in 1973 Rhodesia, a debt collector at home in Melbourne and as far afield as Nigeria, and arrived in reconstruction-era Cambodia and Iraq without connections but a desire to start anew, in stints that would last some seven years each. He witnessed first-hand the Bangkok coup that killed journalists Neil Davis and Bill Latch in 1985 and was on the beach in Patong the morning the tsunami struck Phuket in 2004.
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Emerging drug-resistant strain a fierce foe in malaria battle
Spectrum, Published on 06/05/2012
» Malaria remains a public health concern in Thailand even though the number of infected patients has declined tremendously from 125,000 in 1998 to 35,600 in 2007 and 34,002 in 2011. What's causing alarm among officials now, however, is the emerging resistance of Plasmodium falciparum _ the parasite responsible for malaria _ to conventional drugs.
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The murder that shocked even Cambodia
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 06/05/2012
» In Cambodia, the murder of a high-profile environmentalist has sent shockwaves around a country which has never shaken-off its reputation for violence, corruption and a culture of impunity among the ruling political and moneyed classes.
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There's a boom at the inns
Spectrum, Published on 06/05/2012
» Over the past two years, there have been many major hotel transactions Thailand, with a combined value of more than 500 million baht. This reflects an increased availability of hotel assets for sale and strong investor interest.
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Satisfying a balanced risk appetite
Spectrum, Published on 06/05/2012
» Despite the fears expat investors have about the volatility of global markets, there are still good options suited to various types of portfolios. These do not necessarily involve taking significant risks to make reasonable returns.
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TAXES IN THAILAND XVIII Taxes _ who has to file a tax return? Part Two
Spectrum, Published on 06/05/2012
» Last week, we looked at who has to file a tax return. As we discussed, some taxpayers don't have to file a return, because their incomes fall below certain levels. Taxes are withheld from their salaries and they don't have to file a return after the tax year.
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