Archive for September, 2010
Senatorial Role Models
Chapeau! Two Thai senators, Payap Tongchuen, 59, and Direk Tungfang, 64, recently replaced their velvet gloves with boxing gloves. A senator kicking at a senator, glorious. On September 13th, 2010, they kicked the crap out of each other at a temporary boxing ring in the compound of Bangkok’s parliament. Well, why temporary! The senatorial fight
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The Vongthip Letter Sep ’10
Reasons to celebrate: On 12/8/10, HM Queen Sirikit’s 78th birthday (also Thailand’s Mother’s Day), the people were in for a joyful celebration with their families over the long weekend. Local tourism managed to boost the number of tourists and hotel occupancies in most upcountry popular destinations, notwithstanding the heavy rainstorms and floods in some areas.
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Food Prices Soar
Thailand’s rising prices of sugar and egg – a political issue? Simple inflation? Dark market mechanisms or even speculators at work? Food giant CP must love it. You may not have noticed because for you the price increase is minimal or you don’t do your own shopping, but the issue has become so political that
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