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Best finish for Thai rider Rattapark
SHANGHAI : Thailand's Rattapark "Feem" Wilairoj produced his best performance yet when he finished eighth in the 250cc race of the China Moto Grand Prix in Shanghai yesterday.
Category : TEXT / Sports News
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5 May 2008
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Forward an email
Support 120 underprivileged children in the "120 Years HSBC Brightens Up 120 Thai Children" project by forwarding an email.
Category : TEXT / Outlook
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5 May 2008
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An uncertain future for the young
The venue is supposed to boast scenes of children wearing shiny grins, or family get-togethers with parents chasing after their youngsters from one attraction to another.
Category : TEXT / Outlook
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5 May 2008
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Tesco Lotus needs to listen to community
As the far more powerful, far more experienced party, Tesco Lotus should ''stoop to conquer'', as Shakespeare would put it, and seek to understand where the moms and pops, and the journalists who Tesco Lotus is suing for their opinions about social damage that mega-retailers are wreaking on Thai society, are coming from.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Matichon editorial :
The resignation of Yongyuth Tiyapairat as House Speaker has touched off a scramble for his replacement among key figures of the ruling People Power party (PPP).
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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R.I.P. the telegram
Thongchai Pathumvit and Kanissorn Tongsub had already worked more than eight hours handling telegram message slips, but people continued to line up at the General Post Office to send their final telegram last Wednesday.
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5 May 2008
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No-show takes much lustre off big TRT event
After two years away from the public limelight as a result of the five-year political ban imposed by the Constitution Tribunal, many of the 111 former executives of the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai party (TRT) turned out in force for the launch of the 111 Foundation at a Bangkok hotel on Friday.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Samak's cartel very bad idea
With reason seemingly abandoned, the country now must simply hope that the government will abandon its attempt to form an increasingly awful cartel to set world rice or food prices. Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was unwilling to take the pointed hint of India, currently the world's number three rice producer, on what a bad idea it is. Mr Samak seems blinded by the populism of it all. He sees Thai rice farmers exchanging bags of rice for bags of gold and cash. He must slow down and consider the ramifications of what he is doing and decide, like most countries, what a bad idea it is.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Kamnan Poh's son wins Pattaya poll
Itthipol Khunpluem yesterday appeared to have succeeded in defending his family turf as unofficial results showed him topping the mayoral election in Pattaya and beating his two rivals by thousands of votes. A new group also filled the most seats in the Pattaya city council.
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5 May 2008
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Thaksin apologises for his name on flag
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has apologised to the Thai public for the first time over a Thai national flag bearing his name which was displayed by English football fans, who he said ''made it in good will''. He was bombarded with questions from reporters when he arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday afternoon.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Samak says he will still be tough with media
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej says he won't change his style and will continue to take a tough line with the media. He also says he will continue with his regular Sunday broadcast.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Buri Ram politicians set up new group
Former and active politicians in Buri Ram have teamed up to free the province from the political influence of one influential family and monitor state projects to ensure transparency. About 30 former and active politicians from both the national and local level yesterday met in Buri Ram to form a group called ''Pitak Muang Buri Ram'', or Protecting Buri Ram.
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5 May 2008
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Prosecution hopes court decision will settle dispute
The prosecution is hopeful that a court decision on May 14 will resolve a conflict it has with the Assets Scrutiny Committee (ASC) over power to arraign defendants. The court will decide whether it will accept the indictment sought by the ASC of most cabinet ministers under the Thaksin Shinawatra administration, who are charged with illegally approving the multi-digit lottery scheme.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Changes to varsity admission system
The central university admission scoring system will be altered in 2010 to give the cumulative grade point average (GPAX) and the Ordinary National Educational Test (O-Net) results an equal 50% weighting as the aptitude test. The Council of University Rectors met in Ubon Ratchathani on Saturday to review the weighting for 2010.
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5 May 2008
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Thieves murder two guards
Two security guards at a construction site in Suvarnabhumi airport were beaten to death by thieves who made off with 1.5 tonnes of steel sheets yesterday. The guards were identified as Aying sae Fang, 18, and Long Choktanawimon, 20.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Taxi driver's savings stolen
AYUTTHAYA : A taxi driver says he was robbed by a passenger who took all the money he had saved for his daughter's school fees. Ronachai Ratapachai, 53, told police he picked up the man in the Rat Burana area of Bangkok late on Saturday night and agreed to drive him to Ayutthaya for 1,400 baht.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Review wanted of minimum wage rise
AYUTTHAYA : The provincial industrial council wants a review of the eight baht increase in the daily minimum wage for workers in the province, which is seen as insufficient to offset the rising cost of living. Council president Tossapol Wangsilabut said the issue will be discussed at talks this week with employers, labour unions and the Labour Ministry.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Vicha slams Samak over charter claims
Vicha Mahakun, deputy president of the Constitution Drafting Committee and member of the National Counter Corruption Commission, brushed aside doubts about the legitimacy of the 2007 charter. ''Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's charge that the charter is written to get rid of his [People Power] party is not true,'' he said.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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One dead, 17 injured as passenger train derailed
SONGKHLA : A man injured when a Sungai Kolok-Phatthalung train was derailed on Saturday evening has died, while 17 other victims are still being treated at a hospital in Songkhla's Hat Yai district. Doctors at Hat Yai hospital said they failed to save Supot Ruengsanga, a resident of Hat Yai, who succumbed to severe injuries.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Govt should delay changes
The government should stall its plan to amend the 2007 charter, Seri Suwanpanont, who was deputy chairman of the Constitution Drafting Assembly, said yesterday. ''Currently there is a plan to impose the 1997 charter in the amendment process because its content is better than that of the 2007 constitution,'' he said.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Sutin: PPP must survive
''Our push for the charter amendments did not begin just recently,'' Sutin Klangsang, deputy spokesman of the ruling People Power party, said. In fact, it was the party's main election policy platform, suggesting that the outcome of the general election would decide whether the constitution should be revised, he said.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Govt gets a big thumbs down
The government's popularity has taken a battering with Bangkok residents unhappy with its performance over the last three months, an opinion survey has found.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Storm kills hundreds in Burma
RANGOON : At least 351 people were killed and nearly 100,000 left homeless when Cyclone Nargis tore through Burma, razing thousands of buildings and smashing up streets, it was reported late last night.
Category : TEXT / General News
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5 May 2008
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Study: Neanderthals a separate species
PARIS : A new, simplified family tree of humanity has dealt a blow to those who contend that the enigmatic hominids known as Neanderthals intermingled with our forebears. Neanderthals were a separate species to Homo sapiens rather than offshoots of the same species, the new organigram published by the journal Nature declares.
Category : TEXT / learningpost
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5 May 2008
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Green seal of approval
Property developers have been complaining about Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports, saying they are a major cause of delays in starting construction or delivering units to customers. But for property buyers, an EIA is a significant factor for concern when deciding to buy a unit. ''An EIA is a guarantee that a project owner gives to customers,'' says Kasemsun Chinnavaso, secretary-general of the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP).
Category : TEXT / Business News
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5 May 2008
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How developers can get it right
Many developers blame environmental impact assessment (EIA) regulations for delays in starting construction. But often the delays are caused by the developers themselves, who want to get faster approval so they don't miss out on the current condo boom. According to the ONEP's Environmental Impact Evaluation Bureau, the process of EIA report revision and recommendations now takes 50 to 55 days, compared with 75 days in the past.
Category : TEXT / Business News
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5 May 2008
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Paper piling up for staff
The sharp rise in developments seeking EIA approval has increased the workload at the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. In the past, the ONEP received between 200 and 300 EIA reports for approval each year. But currently it has 1,400 reports on its table, up from 500 at the end of last year, says secretary-general Kasemsun Chinnavaso.
Category : TEXT / Business News
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5 May 2008
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Getting ready to really learn
During a one-on-one executive coaching session, Kanda asked me how to prepare herself for an executive MBA. It's an expensive programme sponsored by her company.
Category : TEXT / Business News
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5 May 2008
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Oil Market Outlook
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices fell almost $6 a barrel last week after hitting a record high above $119 a barrel on April 23 as the US dollar strengthened and supply worries in Nigeria eased.
Category : TEXT / Business News
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5 May 2008
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'Temp' investment for permanent returns
Temps, or Tax Exempt Managed Portfolios, come in various guises and asset classes that can embrace singular fund modules of diversified types, through to funds of funds, bonds of bonds and many other investing combinations tailored to suit individual or corporate investor diversity of returns against risk adversity.
Category : TEXT / Business News
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5 May 2008
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