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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Bangkok Post

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  • 'Too much power'

    The draft charter is still fraught with risks, as it gives the executive branch a dominant role, particularly the power to approve key financial legislation, NRC says.
    POLITICS -The draft charter is still fraught with risks, as it gives the executive branch a dominant role, particularly the power to approve key financial legislation, NRC says.

  • Deep disappointment

    Thailand has expressed deep disappointment after the EU issued a
    GENERAL -Thailand has expressed deep disappointment after the EU issued a "yellow card" and gave Thailand six months to drastically improve illegal fishing or face an import ban.

  • Drops in tourism rankings

    Thailand's position in the global tourism rankings declined last year as the civil unrest has taken its toll on both arrivals and receipts.
    GENERAL -Thailand's position in the global tourism rankings declined last year as the civil unrest has taken its toll on both arrivals and receipts.

  • Crank up the AC

    The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said demand for electricity hit a record high as temperatures soared across the country Tuesday.
    GENERAL -The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said demand for electricity hit a record high as temperatures soared across the country Tuesday.

  • Ufun fraud losses spiral

    The internet-based pyramid scheme operated by Ufun Store may have cost its 120,000 Thai members up to 38 billion baht, police investigators said on Tuesday.
    GENERAL -The internet-based pyramid scheme operated by Ufun Store may have cost its 120,000 Thai members up to 38 billion baht, police investigators said on Tuesday.
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  • Thai islands travellers' choice

    Thai islands travellers' choice

    Koh Tao named top choice among the best islands in Asia by TripAdvisor, with four more in Thailand also in the top 10.
    BY ONLINE REPORTERS
  • Bangkok road rage

    Bangkok road rage

    videoA road rage incident caught on camera shows an 'armed' motorist getting out of his car and trying to start a fight with another driver.
    BY BANGKOK POST

SPECIAL REPORT

The computer will see you now

The computer will see you now

SASIWIMON BOONRUANG
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OPINION

  • How to solve nation's woes
    SANITSUDA EKACHAI

    How to solve nation's woes

    Good intentions alone don't work when the old structure of power centralisation remains intact.
    22 Apr 2015 at 06:00
  • Quick action needed
    VEERA PRATEEPCHAIKUL

    Quick action needed

    The Royal Forest Department needs to move quickly with its plan to seize back a million rai of forest land stolen by rubber planters, while it still has the backing of the NCPO.
    21 Apr 2015 at 14:59
  • Unsettling US diplomacy

    Unsettling US diplomacy

    Relations with the United States are too important to vary and bend.
    22 Apr 2015 at 06:00

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BoT: Brace for Q1 contraction

BoT: Brace for Q1 contraction

Economic growth on a quarterly basis will certainly contract in the first quarter if the year-on-year growth rate comes in at below 4%.
PATHOM SANGWONGWANICH & WICHIT CHANTANUSORNSIRI

  • IN FOCUS

    TPP deal still elusive,

    TPP deal still elusive,

    SHINGO ITO
    Japan and the US emerged from marathon talks on a Pacific-wide free trade area claiming to be within reach of a deal, but analysts say they remain far apart on a project that neither...

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    TODAY'S FUEL PRICES

    TYPEBAHT/LITRETYPEBAHT/LITRE
    GASOHOL 9127.08GASOHOL E8522.68
    GASOHOL 9527.90DIESEL25.09
    GASOHOL E2025.68NGV13.00

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    Paradise lost

    Paradise lost

    A weekend photography exhibition sheds light on a planned seaport and its far-reaching and destructive implications.
    ANCHALEE KONGRUT

  • BANGKOK EXPLORER

    • Bizarre Land

      Bizarre Land
      There are a lot of things found only in Thailand — toddlers on motorcycles, ubiquitous porn, double standards, senseless superstitions — which Charit Pusiri exposes in his satirical...

    • Bang Rak Fire Station: Good ol' Bangkok firehouse

      Bang Rak Fire Station: Good ol' Bangkok firehouse
      Couples, tourists and photographers visit Bang Rak Fire Station, built in 1890, to marvel at this piece of architectural nostalgia amidst the modern Bangkok backdrop.

    • Connectivity

      Connectivity
      Sarawut Yasamut observes the impact of the information age, which has changed our lives in every possible way. In “Connectivity”, the artist uncovers and satirises the link between...

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