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Keep watch on corruption
News, Postbag, Published on 28/07/2019
» I'm delighted Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha included fighting corruption as one of the main policies of his new government, for corruption has been omni-present in our past regimes.
PM's moves a concern
News, Postbag, Published on 10/07/2019
» Re: "Prayut wields ever more power", (BP, July 8). Thais should be very concerned with the increasing consolidation of investigative agencies, such as the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission, under the Office of the Prime Minister, for power is addictive and can easily be misused for personal/partisan ends.
Poisonous vegies
News, Postbag, Published on 01/07/2019
» I cannot be the only one who read with shock and dismay the reports of pesticide and poison-loaded fruit and vegetables that are for sale in Thailand. There we are, the stupid consumers, thinking that we are doing ourselves some good by buying and eating lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. How wrong we seem to be.
Fake news promises
News, Postbag, Published on 29/06/2019
» Re: "Who decides on fake news?", (Editorial, June 28).
A panel for what?
News, Postbag, Published on 28/06/2019
» It was reported recently that the budget for forming the Senate selection list was a staggering 1.3 billion baht.
No foresight
News, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2019
» It was disappointing to read "Single-ticket Bangkok public transport pushed back to 2020", (BP, June 16). Bangkok has a mostly functional, and rapidly expanding, public transport system, yet it lags so very far behind other large cities in the implementation of very basic technology to allow passengers to use one card (or device) to travel on the entire network.
Lawmaking generals
News, Postbag, Published on 12/05/2019
» Re: "Senate post for PM brother not a problem, says Prawit", (BP, May 11).
No light on 'Big Joke'
News, Postbag, Published on 23/04/2019
» Re: "End silence over fall of 'Big Joke'", (Editorial, April 20).
Injustice no laughing matter
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/04/2019
» Re: “‘Big Joke’ in surprise job shunting”, ( BP, April 7). We often hear Lord Chief Justice Hewart’s wise words: “It is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.” If we see justice done, all can be assured that we have rule of law, applied equally to all alike, regardless of station — and behave accordingly.
Government lottery
News, Postbag, Published on 20/04/2019
» The current impasse with Thai politics in selecting a prime minister might never be resolved due to the problems with the rules as stipulated in the 2017 charter. Obviously, the rules were inadequate because there is no readily available solution.