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NationMultimedia.com - Opinion NationMultimedia.com - Opinion A safe bet? Weighing up the new 10-Baht Gold FuturesThe Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) will begin trading 10-baht gold futures contracts on Monday. The mini-contracts are targeted at current stock market investors who want lower risk and an alternative to gold trading.Examining the roots of Buddhist Lent with Sumana the floristAs Thais and other Buddhists around the world welcomed Buddhist Lent on Tuesday, I was enjoying listening to two young DJs on Good FM, 102.5MHz talk about an old Saraburi tradition - making floral alms.Abhisit outmanoeuvred by Hun Sen on disputed templeTHE DISPUTE between Thailand and Cambodia over the Preah Vihear temple complex has once again flared up to rattle the national psyche. However, this time the Abhisit government appears to be inept in its diplomatic manoeuvring, and completelyunprepared for the campaign by Cambodian Prime minister Hun Sen.In the fog of war, things are rarely what they seemOver the last few days, few people have not heard of the explosive exposure by Wikileaks of what it calls the "unvarnished and grim picture of the Afghan War". More than 90,000 classified military intelligence documents were given to the media on the condition by the "leaker" that they not be released before Sunday, July 25.Exhibit shows Thailand is freeThe most notable thing about the recent "exhibition" staged by the Pheu Thai Party was not the blatant propaganda the opposition had on display.Is Bangkok really the world's best city for visitors?Bangkok is a leader for five-star hotels and shopping malls, but it's a diffferent story on the sidewalksCambodia's day of judgement arrives at lastFormer Khmer Rouge cadre found guilty in a historic verdict that all Cambodians must learn fromPublic participation that looks good ... on paperIF YOU THOUGHT our police force wasn't under any kind of public supervision and control, then you were wrong. And if you weren't aware of the existence of such a body, it's not your fault. I'm afraid the Police Commission has perhaps inadvertently taken great pains to keep that a national secret.Rainy season retreat is a better descriptionRe: "Buddhism doesn't need Christian terms", Letters, July 27.Not a hero, only a victim of cowardly killersI don't know how to describe Tawatchai Thongmak, who died in the Big C bomb attack at Rajprasong on Sunday evening. Surely, he was not a "democracy hero", was he? He was just a very unlucky man who happened to be at that bus stop when the bomb went off. He could have been any of us. Just about anyone could have been there, but Tawatchai's name came up in a cruel lottery draw somewhere, and the rest is history.Promote fruit for good health and better businessThailand is blessed with an abundance of fruits, but we often take them for granted without realising their true valuePheu Thai chose their candidate; nobody elseI do not understand the complaints by the Pheu Thai Party over the emergency decree [after their recent loss in the Bangkok Constituency 6 by-election]. Elections are best conducted when there is no decree in existence, but when there is, it is applicable to all candidates.The yuan defied expectations, but then shifting currencies are treacherousLast month we talked about the Chinese policy to allow the yuan more flexibility. After the de-pegging the currency did strengthen, from 6.83 against the US$ to 6.77 - a 0.88 per cent rise - but the movement was smaller than expected.Are Thailand's Buddhists more heretical than the heretics?While the Buddha's twin miracle can be understood as a cleverly-constructed repudiation of the contending explanation of karma (see yesterday's article), the karma doctrine held by many modern Thai "Buddhists" is shockingly similar to those refuted therein, despite the Venerable Buddhadasa's and Phra Dhammapitaka's efforts to reform Thai Buddhism to reflect the Buddha's original teachings.Election victory, but a rude awakening for the DemocratsThe Democrat Party might have been euphoric after its by-election victory over its chief rival Pheu Thai Party. But with a winning margin of less than 15,000 votes - 96,000 over 81,000 votes - out of 380,000 eligible voters in the constituency, it was a close shave.Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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