Posts Tagged ‘ university ’

I was recently made aware of Rachel Leow ’s fascinating website.  She is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge who writes on a broad range of regional topics ( Tang dynasty trade , Ho Chi Minh’s poetry , loanwords , the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies , etc).  One of her...
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The consumer confidence index rose from 69.1 points in November to 70.4 points last month, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce reported on Thursday.
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The economy is recovering and exports were expected to rise by about 10.5 per cent this year over 2009, Ath Phisalvanich, director of the International Trade Study Centre at the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce, said on Thursday.
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It’s my great pleasure and honor to present an essay by the – as I call him – political poet Khi Kwai (“buffalo dung”, read: bullshit), one of the finest minds observing Thai politics, introducing his latest book manuscript Thailand Unhinged .
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Readers who followed this New Mandala debate about resettlement projects in Laos will be interested in a further exchange between Holly High , from the University of Sydney, and a group of scholars who have taken issue with some of her interpretations: Ian G. Baird , Keith Barney , Peter Vandergeest , and...
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Southern people gave an average grade of 7.40 out of 10 for overall performance during the Abhisit government's first year in office, vice rector at Hat Yai University Thasanee Prathan reported on Thursday.
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The Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) meeting on Monday has refused to allow male-to-female transgender graduates to wear woman's clothing to receive their degrees.
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This is the first Kässbohrer-Setra coach I have seen in Thailand. It’s entering the Dusit Thani Hotel . The coach is operated by a big private coach operator Namptech for Assumption University (ABAC) “The First International University in Thailand”.
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Tiger Woods, Thailand, and ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra — they’re all related, if you can believe it. This is — I hope — the only post I’ll be writing about the Tiger Woods saga. But I wanted to point out the following story since there’s a Thailand connection. Tiger Woods is half...
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More than 70 per cent of people think the country’s economy is worsening, according to a Suan Dusit Rajabhat University opinion survey released on Saturday.
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The Thai baht can be expected to strengthen to 32 baht per US dollar before the end of this year, University of Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) director Thanawat Polvichai said on Thursday.
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Reuters: Some argue that Thaksin's supporters will stick with him because of what he represents rather than out of simple personal loyalty. He may be a billionaire, but he has stood up to the old elites in the military, aristocracy and business sector, who they say acted undemocratically to sideline the former premier. "The...
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EDIT: I've corrected several of the typos in this blog, which were caused by a rubbish keyboard (and, of course, the plonker typing the blog). I have, in the past, made some disparaging comments about Thai football and Thai footballers on this blog. It is, therefore, my duty to set the record straight....
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Thai Takes By PHILIP GOLINGAI ON TUESDAY, in a packed conference hall at Bangkok’s prestigious Chulalongkorn University, a panel of academics spoke about Thailand’s unspoken. “We’re going to discuss what is unspoken in Thailand – the sensitive topic of the role of Thai military in politics,” said Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Security and International...
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