Chularat Saengpassa Chularat@nationgroup.com In recent years, students emerging from the Ordinary National Educational Test (O-Net) exam rooms have always turned to the Internet to express their frustration and to expose apparently flawed questions. One of the O-Net questions asks, “Whom would you like to befriend?” The alternatives given are: 1. A generous person 2. A […]
The Social Security Office has no power over the extension of the working period from 55 years to 60 in the private sector, as it is a matter between employers and employees, the SSO spokesman said yesterday. The SSO set the age for subscribers to get retirement benefits at 55 because it thought it would […]
Somkiat Tangkitvanich Mention the Asean Economic Community or AEC, and most Thais still believe that come 2015, when it starts, Thailand will open its door to trade and services in the Asean region without any barriers and with labour moving freely about. This is one of several major misunderstandings about AEC that need to be […]
Content Chalongphob Sussangkarn Managing Risks from Volatile Capital Flows: Multi-level Approaches Yongyuth Chalamwong Immigration to Thailand: New Challenges
Dr. Chalongphob Sussangkarn recently participated in a High Level Panel on the Governance of the Financial Stability Board. The Panel’s Recommendations can be downloaded from here
Bangkok Post Dr Somkiat Tangkitvanich says the ‘marshmallow theory’ proves Thais don’t understand the concept of restraint for long-term reward ‘The traditional model of development has reached a dead end. Thailand cannot grow further based on the old model as it can go only so far. If a solution is not found, the country will […]
