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TDRI wants waste on agenda
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has urged the government to include waste management as part of the national agenda and proposed the government ban foam usage and make consumers pay for plastic shopping bags. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, president of the TDRI, said the group’s study found Thailand’s ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Amended land tax bill attacked
The new land and buildings tax will fail to narrow the wealth gap between the haves and have-nots, according to a prominent economist. Nipon Poapongsakorn, distinguished scholar at the Thailand Development Research Institute, said on March 22 that the new tax bill approved by the Cabinet failed ...
Charter writers oppose press 'reform' attempt
A controversial bill to regulate the media industry proposed by the National Reform Steering Assembly media reform panel could breach the new constitution which supports media self-regulation and independence from state control, a Constitution Drafting Committee member says. Chartchai Na Chiangmai, who is also a CDC ...