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'Defence' budget under attack
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/10/2019
» The opposition attacked government spending plans for favouring the Defence Ministry and imposing "ineffective" economic stimulus measures, as three days of debate on the budget bill began in the House on Thursday.
Don't bet on stimulus saving economy
News, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 29/08/2019
» You may have read elsewhere that the government's new 316-billion-baht economic stimulus package will not work. I second those opinions but for totally different reasons.
Unsafe roads hurt GDP
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/07/2019
» One way to improve Thailand's staggering economy might be to have motorists to drive more slowly, claims a new report.
Pensions need new vision
News, Editorial, Published on 10/06/2019
» Last week, the Social Security Office (SSO) came up with a fresh plan to increase contributions of members into the Social Security Fund (SSF) to shore it up ahead of the huge outflow of pension payments expected in the near future.
An age-old dilemma
News, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2019
» With the country fast approaching an ageing society, raising the retirement age for civil servants was unavoidable for the Thai government.
Flawed democracy
News, Published on 23/03/2019
» There are not many letters from readers about democracy now just ahead of the Thai election. Nor did the Democracy Index 2018 get any attention in Thai or world corporate media when released a short time ago. Could it be because the country now teaching the world about democracy is not regarded as a true democracy, but ended up at 25th place as a flawed democracy in the same league as some African countries?
Candidates outline healthcare policies
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/03/2019
» Political parties have agreed that doctors should receive adequate legal protection from malpractice lawsuits, a forum was told on Thursday.
Politicians to blame
News, Published on 09/03/2019
» Re: "TRC dissolution turns up political heat", (Opinion, March 8).
A no-win situation
News, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2019
» Re: "India and Pakistan are both losing in Kashmir", (Opinion, March 2).
Rebuke or reproach?
News, Postbag, Published on 12/02/2019
» Prof Thitinan Pongsudhirak's contributions on Thailand's politics have always been unbiased and educational.