tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38025996471791988922024-03-05T00:06:10.864-08:00Tulip BroadcastingTuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-66275457915257159782012-12-06T23:03:00.000-08:002012-12-06T23:06:24.429-08:00"More Smiles to Children of the South" by MCOT<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 17.65pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480;">
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southernmost provinces of Thailand, many schools have to closed down
temporarily and permanently, which widely effect likelihood of children in the south especially when during the school term.</span></span></div>
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Border Provinces Administrative Center or SBPAC become a juristic entity,
following the enforcement of the Southern Border Provinces Administration Act
on 30 December 2010, which covers all districts in the five southern border
provinces, namely Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Songkhla, and Satun</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></h3>
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loss to the violence in the past 8 years, 155 of which was teachers. The
insurgency attacks believe to be operated by several groups identified as
separatists. Thai governments have put in various measures to try to
alleviate the problems while private sectors hand in helps where they can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">369 schools, in narathiwat province alone, have been closed down temporarily this month due to violence incidents against teachers in the south.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-weight: normal;">MCOT has cooperated with </span><em><span style="font-weight: normal;">Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center</span></em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-weight: normal;">, with supported from PTT, Thai Life Insurance, Toyota Motor Thailand, The Government Lottery Office, Thailand Post, and many more affiliated private co to establish "More Smiles to Children of the South" project, with aims to give back teaching media, sports equipments and living necessities to Children and monks in the Deep South.</span></span></h3>
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interested to make contribution to "More Smiles to Children of the
South" project, you can donate through Krunthai bank account no.
015-029999-0, Asoke branch, account name “<span lang="TH">เติมยิ้มให้น้องชายแดนใต้”</span>,
until December 19<sup>th</sup>. MCOT and affilications will go down to
Narathiwat on December 21<sup>st</sup></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> to hand out the aids.</span></span><br />
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Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-35456284791781779772011-07-07T21:03:00.000-07:002011-07-07T21:03:24.353-07:00The Beginning of Red-Shirts<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After the landslide victory of Pheu Thai party, led by Yingluck Shinnawat that look to be the first female prime minister of Thailand. Even before the cabinet formed, before all the MPs’ status endorsed by Election Commission, the public is starting to see the rift among Red-shirts sub-fractions. This morning (July 8</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">), </span><a href="http://twitter.com/can_nw"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">@can_nw</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> tweeted the story of the beginning of red-shirts….. this will make you see a clear picture of the fraction within the red-shirts core leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Red-shirts started from Thaksin's supporters, “Kon Rak Thaksin” (which is mean ‘Thaksin lover’… sound a bit too kinky, isn’t it?) formed by Shinnawat HaBoonPaat and Mochit cabby group in early 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">At the time, Shinnawat was operating Taxi community radio to encounter the gathering of anti-Thaksin group, People Alliance for Democracy (PAD). Then Shinnawat, babysitted by Shupong Teetuan, presented "Democracy doctrine" through the rally at Jatujak park. While Shinnawat was leading rally to fight PAD, Weng Tojirakarn was on PAD's stage criticizing Thaksin's state enterprises reformation policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Shinnawat Haboonpaat</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In April 2006, "Poor People Caravan" from the north and the northeast had joined Shinawat's gathering at Jatujak park. The group led by Kumta Kanboonjan, MeaSa-Ing, and Kuanpetch Ponerum. The group, supported by Newin, had allied with "Taxi love Thaksin" group and became “Democracy Protection Federation” (the name of federation might be different, no information of name in English found)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In Mid-2006, Kwanchai Praipana formed Thaksin supporter group called "U-don lover club," which was not under Newin.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After the coup on Sept 19, came many independent anti-dictatorship groups, which also include Weng Tojirakarn and his fellows.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In May 2007, Weng asked Shinnawat group, Kwanchai group and "Rak Thaksin" group to form People Alliance Against Coup D'etat (I said DAAD in my tweet, my apology for the mixed-up). In the same time, Weera, Jatuporn, Jakkrapob and Korkeaw was forming Satellite television called “PTV,” and started its gathering at Sanam Luang royal park (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thung Phra Men). The Media call them ‘PTV mob.’<o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Weng Tojirakarn on UDD (red-shirts) stage in 2010</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">While two sides of the politics campaigning on Canstitution 2007, more people has joined PTV and hence become the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship (DAAD).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">DAAD changed their name to be UDD, which stands for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, after the general election in 2007 and start exercising the political rally to drive out ‘Elite Proxy’ government in 2009-2010.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">From many different ideologies of many fractions, but all groups carry the same goal of UDD. That is why there are so many conflicts right after Pheu Thai party won the election in 2011.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The very first group of people that started the red-shirts at MoChit has all split up on their political paths. Shinnawat though, still stand as Thaksin supporter. Shinnawat was a taxi driver that form Taxi Co-operative and Taxi community radio, he has definitely less ‘Social Capital’ than Weng and Tida Tojirakarn.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Weng and Tida Tojirakarn are the anti-dictatorship front-liners since 1973. They played important roles in Thai Revolution party, which now resigned.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Tida Tawornset (wife of Weng Tojirakarn, currently acting UDD leader)</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The different in ideology make Shinnawat not familiar with the concept and the procedure of Tida’s Centralized Democracy. So Shinnawat refuses ‘jungle people,’ but he wants a lawyer like Kanin BunSuwan to replace Tida as UDD leader.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">All-n-all, @can_nw doesn’t believes there will be a break-up among red-shirts. During the ‘honeymoon period,’ reds would understand reds the best…. But of course, the future is unpredictable.</span><o:p></o:p></div><!--EndFragment-->Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-56914516987671446752011-05-25T21:02:00.000-07:002011-05-25T21:02:54.029-07:00Behind Newin's analysis on the 2011 General Election<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">in case you missed the news. Yesterday (May 25) Newin had lunch with political journalists. Something he said become news since yesterday evening. Newin gave out his election situation analysis as a person in the field for such a long time. How credible he is, he was Thaksin's right hand in the general election that People Power party (now PueThai) won the landslide victory.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Newin said even if PueThai party win the majority seats in parliament, Yingluk won't get to be PM, and if Democrats party doesn't win most seats, Abhisit has to resign, as it has been quite party's tradition so far. On the side note, Nuttawut, PueThai party list MP candidate, said if PueThai win most seat and don't get to be government, red-shirt would take it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The way Thai Parliament goes, the party that win majority seats get first opportunity to set up the government. then they present policy to parliament, and cast the votes from MPs in the house. There are incident in the past the party that won most seats didn't get to be government. Their policy didn't get enough votes from other party. then second most MPs party got a chance to set up the government.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And to reason why Newin said such a thing, @can_nw has a reason for it. (translated from @can_nw tweets on morning May 26)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Preliminary situation, PueThai trend is stronger than expected in North, E-san & Bkk. the variation factor will be the 3rd party. Core leader of the variation party have to adjust the strategy, very focus, any former MPs has loose base had to be retracted. Somsak Tepsutin (BhumiJaiThai) only focus at Sukothai. In the middle of storm, have to hold on to even just a rotten pole. Suwat has been planning for a long time to take over Korat (NakornRatchasima), same as Seh.Nun-Pradit hold on to Pijit. So politics expert like Newin has to slow down 'female PM' trend with some colors, otherwise BhumijaiThai will be too quiet. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But as former Shinnawatr-family's close aide, How couldn't Newin know tht real acting female PM is 'the lady' (KunYing), not Yingluk. If Newin just glance around PueThai's party-list no.1, he'd recognize the old same security guard sent straight from KunYing. There's no word like 'give up' in Newin's dictionary, his symptom yesterday look like surrender but not giving up."</span>Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-84964711387254611072011-05-23T00:33:00.000-07:002011-05-23T00:33:23.814-07:00Thaksin vs Newin, PueThai vs BhumiJaiThai, the politics of electionists<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once again, @can_nw has tweeted the short history in some little part of thai politics, but it has meaning and its own agenda in this coming General Election on July 3rd, 2011. I translated his series of tweets and has put together on here. Enjoy!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If PueThai wants seats more than half of the parliament, the party has to win all MP seats in E-san, just like they did in 2005 (People Power party then). T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">haksin probably is well aware of the situation in E-san, that's why many UDD core leaders from e-san are all listed in party-list safe zone, to gain more popularity.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2007 general election, the Anti-Thaksin group supported 'PuePanDin' to intercept People Power party (PueThai now), But Pracha Promnork (PPD party leader) failed to reach the goal, it was the total loss. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newin head PeoplePower party e-san team in 2007 election, trend of Thaksin was so strong, lots of 'electricity poles' just got elected to be MPs.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The BhumiJaiThai Defeated in SakolNakorn and MahaSarakem's bi-election recently, make Newin push the Constitution amendment to smaller the constituency size. The s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">trategy to fight in smaller constituencies was tested in Surin and NakornRatchasima's bi-election, and BhumiJaiThai had won.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The interesting part is Newin has been focusing on MP candidates from provincial and Municipal administrative organization to run in '1 constituency- 1 number' for BhumiJaiThai party. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But keep an eye on how Yingluck campaign, trend of 'ungrateful party' might make Newin's small constituency strategy got interrupted.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"last fews yrs, Yingluk isn't just a lill sis to Thaksin, she's been a real-estate person and work with the public through Thaicom foundation. This last 2 years, people in provinces see her more often in sporting event as big sponsor of 'Thaicom FA cup,' knock-out football league of Thailand. Beside the public sport events, education is also main activity of Thaicom foundation, with Songsak Premsuk working along side.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Songsak Premsuk is a childhood friend from SuanKularb school, founded 'Mathbox company' that did advertisement for Thaksin since 1991. Then Thaksin jointly own, changed the company's name to 'SC Mathbox,' the company was behind marketing of Thaksin election campaign in 1997.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">in year 2001, SC Mathbox made the advertisement campaign for Thai-rak-Thai party, the one came with populism campaign that received votes beyond expectation. Songsak was managing ITV for Thaksin for a while, now he is overseeing 'Voice TV' for Oak (Thaksin's son), and helps out at Thaicom foundation.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In present front-liners group, Yingluk is very close to Gen. Anupong Paojinda, from the time when Samak Suntoravet was Defence minister. If you could remember when Thaksin was back in Thailand, he went to funeral of Gen. Anupong's mother, Yingluk was the co-ordinator.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>So here is a piece of my mind:</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">if <b>YOU</b>, the old-fashion yellow, hope for the coup to happen if PueThai win (because your 'vote NO' campaign help PueThai to win). <b>RE-THINK</b>, the coup might not happen as you wish!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The <b>real Democracy</b> is learning to leave with what the majority agree. If you don't like it, wait until it's your turn, you come out, you help campaign for ones you think deserve it, then cast your vote.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I know it sound naive, sound idealistic, but that's how real DEMOCRACY should be.</span>Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-14355446258109698762010-10-16T05:06:00.000-07:002010-10-23T03:37:26.786-07:00Another counteractive...Only thing Thai authorities could ever do for any problem<div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following up on the news about a 17-year-old girl that tried to perform self-abortion with prescription drug, Cytotec she bought on-line. just to remind the news content that t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he girl had been 8mon pregnant and she was bleeding and almost unconscious when the medic found her.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This country need a hotline or a clinic that whoever already had unwanted incident happen could just call for some advice. And it could not be just anyone at the end of the line, it should be person with expertise in Child Psychology and Health. this is sensitive issue that needs both prevention measure, counteractive measures and assistant to the needed ones.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sex-Education for our children, so they know their body, and know what is right and wrong. The research has shown sex-education at young age help curb the number of STDs infection and unwanted pregnancy. We are not drum up to tell them to just have sex but we tell them how to take care of themselves and have them make their own decision. We teach them anything or not, it's going to happen, so we should equip them with knowledge.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yes I am mumbling and complaining... I should do something about this.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Information on Cytotec</b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cytotec is for reducing stomach acid production and protects the stomach lining also help prevent stomach ulcers.thai doctor prescribe Cytotec for bowel or small intestine infection. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cytotec causes uterine contractions that could lead to a miscarriage.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was used for labor induction till </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A November 1999 Committee Opinion of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) warns:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"There have been reports of uterine rupture following Cytotec use for cervical ripening in patients with prior uterine surgery. Thus, until reassuring studies are available, Cytotecl is not recommended for cervical ripening in patients who have had prior cesarean delivery or major uterine surgery"</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oyGqoClxCjM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oyGqoClxCjM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-25713513141574839812010-10-14T12:41:00.000-07:002010-10-14T15:47:41.909-07:00How Young is too young to be a mother?<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was after I taped "Kontroversy" that I heard this sad news. The news about a 17-year-old girl from a prestigious school that tried to perform self-abortion with pills she bought off internet at her boyfriend apartment. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The girl had been 8mon pregnant. Initial reports said she was bleeding and almost unconscious when the medic found her.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was just to confirm what I think we have to really tackling it more seriously, Sex-education.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thairath newspaper of October 12th, 2010 just publishes a small news article about "Stop Teen Mom" seminar hosted by t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he Ministry of Social Development and </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Human </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Security</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">office of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Child P</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rotection</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commission. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, I am not talking about the seminar, but I am talking about the findings, the statistic the department of Social welfare provide that gathered by Information & Communication Technology Center.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you know That Thailand has the highest Teen Pregnancy(younger than 20 year-old) rate in Asia?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WHO(World Health Organization) published the statistic of Teen pregnancy average around the world in 2009 is 65 per 1000, while average in Asia countries in 2009 is 56 per 1000. Back in 2009, Thai number was at 70 per 1000 which was already higher than world average. And the actual number is 787,739 under 20 pregnancy mom that gave birth in the year 2009.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of year 2010, the rate goes up to 90-100 per 1000, and it's still on the up trend. Is it time to take this issue seriously? Have we, as an adult in the country done enough to curb the number? Is his upward trend tell you anything about Thai education and social responsibility? Is it the time to start talking about Sex education in school seriously?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How Young is too Young for Sex Education?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deputy director of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">office of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Child protection</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commission, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kwanwong Pikultong</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ขวัญวงศ์ พิกุลทอง) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">said it should start at the family, which is the most important part of child's life. And based on Study in western world, it should start as early as 2-5 year old. Now you might have initial reaction like me, WTF...yes... because that's all Thairath published, no further explanation. So I did a little research...internet these days.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Avert, which</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is an international HIV and AIDS charity, based in the UK:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sex education that works starts early, before young people reach puberty </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and before they have developed established patterns of behavior. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, in a review of 48 studies of comprehensive sex and STD/HIV education programmes in US schools, there was found to be strong evidence that such programmes did not increase sexual activity. Some of them reduced sexual activity, or increased rates of condom use or other contraceptives, or both. It is important to remember that young people can store up information provided at any time, for a time when they need it later on.</span></span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From The Guardian:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brook and the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_5" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Family Planning Association</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (FPA), t</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he charities want to see four-year-olds start to get a grounding in the basics - like learning about the names of body parts and </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">different types of relationships</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - so they feel more able to tackle the more complex aspects as they get older. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The US, where the programme comes from, has the highest </span><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/AdolescentReproHealth/" rel="nofollow" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">teen pregnancy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> rates in the developed world - a third of babies born are to mothers aged 20 or less - and a frighteningly high proportion of teenagers (one in four) have sexually transmitted infections....Scary, huh?</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BBC</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> report:</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northern Ireland</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> has just this year made Relationships and Sexuality Education compulsory for school children from the age of five, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the basics of </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">human reproduction</span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_9" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as part of their science lessons.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Freethorpe Primary School in Norfolk(UK) has been teaching Sex and </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287084196_10" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Relationship Education</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> since 2005. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Year 2 students who are six and seven years old learn about the difference between male and females. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They use laminated cards with the names of body parts including, shoulder, kidneys, vagina, penis, and arms, to learn which parts belong to both sexes or just males or females.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know how young is too young to be a mother. I am not sure how early a child should be taught about sex-education. But I know one thing, THIS COUNTRY NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW.</span></div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-11479553813348024772010-10-14T02:51:00.000-07:002010-10-14T02:53:30.301-07:00October 14th 1973 Uprising Remembered<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">News Article from TAN network... translated by KONG</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The use of a military helicopter for a personal hunting trip along with widespread corruption then prompted the Thai people, especially a large number of young university students, to start a movement. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The pro-democracy students were shunned by their own education institutions and constantly harassed by the government. This led to the arrests of 13 students for distributing leaflets criticizing in the junta. The public were strongly demanding for the release of the students, who were also falsely accused of being communist sympathizers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A small protest then expanded into a mass demonstration to demand a new constitution and a general election. However, the military government refused to give in. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">On October 13th, 1973, hundreds of thousands of students and citizens started marching from Thammasat University along Rajdamnoen Avenue in what is known to be largest political gathering in the history of Thailand. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The powerful move forced the junta to release the students. It also pledged that the charter would be drafted and the general election will soon be held. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Eventually, the King made a speech, asking all sides to cease violence and appointing Sanya Dharmasakti(สัญญา ธรรมศักดิ์) as the prime minister. At the same time, Thanom, Prapas and Narong agreed to leave the country on self-imposed exile. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The October 14th, 1973 uprising was a turning point that liberated the Thai society from the military dictatorship and it will never be forgotten by the democratic-minded citizens.</span>Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-84925464771328838492010-09-18T13:49:00.000-07:002010-09-19T02:50:18.686-07:00Are we living in the past: The Thai 3G<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First thing first, I'm not an expert in technology. I'm just a regular Thai citizen who's hoping for the best for Thailand.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 3G has become an epic and upset a lot of people that hoping to see some constructive structure of the "happening 3G" which has never quite happened yet. The question everyone keep asking what make it taking so long for this country to get 3G available for the rest of the country, commercially, beside the trial that some parts of Bangkok is providing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The NTC (National Telecommunication Commission) has a fully right to organize the bidding all along before the Constitution 2007, and no one ever understand what make them drag and wait until it's out of their righteous time. The Constitution 2007 said to have (NBTC) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Broadcasting and Telecom Commission as a new regulator for frequency allocation in Thailand. Three years pass, the new commission has not come together and finally NTC move forward on the 3G bidding. NTC suppose to, at the time being, act as an Acting Regulatory body, but whether an acting body has a right to proceed with the bidding or not will have to wait for the Administrative court decision.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a naive part of me hope that CAT and TOT might just drop their complaint but I see no reason why they would do such a thing. But the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Office of the Auditor General of Thailand had made an assessment in 2009 of what TOT and CAT might gain to lost if all 2G users switch to 3G in 2 years. Both organization might loss 70% of their revenue. So there you have it, a pretty good reason for them to not giving up.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If some of you can remember, Prime Minister Abhisit and Finance Minister Korn had said whether it'll be more benefit to the country is it's to be licensed without bidding. I do agree on that. If just licenses to be given out to any one with fees, it does not need to be a big media organization to has it. It does not need the wider the margin so it can cover whatever the company has to pay government. At the end of the day, if he service provider got their licenses through bidding, the just going to add it up to whatever the end customer have to pay, and yes, the customer which is you and me have to shoulder that cost.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, Hi-Tech enthusiasts... don't hold your breath... it will be a super long one and you might even need a respirator for that.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is what I got from Wikipedia. We are one of the countries that 3G is available... but yes, what is the point of having it available but cannot make a use out of it.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .45in; margin-top: 7.0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>More reading on the case</b></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .45in; margin-top: 7.0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from The Nation: <a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/09/19/business/Korn-warns-of-danger-if-3G-auction-goes-ahead-30138260.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Finance Minister Korn warns of danger if 3G auction goes ahead</span></a></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .45in; margin-top: 7.0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from Bangkok Post: <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/196899/thailand-falling-further-behind"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Thailand falling further behind</span></a></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: .45in; margin-top: 7.0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; text-indent: -.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">from Asia Correspondent: <a href="http://www.asiancorrespondent.com/jon-russell/guest-post-thai-telecom-law-"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Thai telecom law & the 3G debacle</span></a></div>Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-12382356176878755042010-09-13T12:25:00.000-07:002010-09-19T00:25:51.656-07:00The Sound from the South<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It all started when I was not in this country...How it get sparked, who's the mastermind of all these evil events. It has been almost 7 years and not any authorities, any government, any administration got an answer for us. It is Amazing how almost 7 years gone by and nothing better.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SOE(State of Emergency) has been declared so long ago that we totally forget. PM Abhisit said at one point he doesn't want SOE imposed in Bangkok for too long until authority lean on it too much. How About our home in the South, have the authorities been leaning on SOE too much, too long? How much more innocent lives we have to lost? Latest event, drive-by shooting that killed a teacher couple, leave 3 offsprings behind. Has it wake any big guy up?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the statistic number for teachers and students only since January 2004; 327 schools burnt down with 135 teachers killed, 122 teachers injured, 36 students killed and 158 students injured.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what believed to be the starter:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 4, 2004 under Thaksin's administration, 20 schools was burned down at the same time in Narathiwat province. The incident believed to be created to distract the arm robbery at Army camp. 400 rifles, 20 handguns and 2 machine guns were stolen with 4 soldiers killed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">March 12, 2004, Somchai Neelapaijit, the renown lawyer that chaired Muslim law association at that time was abducted and never been found...until today.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">April with GrueSae case, 114 killed. October same year with TakBai case, another 82 lives lost. It's go on and on and on...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it's not going to stop.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ask the political analyst at my Channel, TAN network, Khun Paisal Sricharatchunya, why teachers, why monks. Who we think is behind these horrific incidents? What would come to sense at all, what is all these for?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you search in internet, they call it "War". Thai government is in war with various groups, PULO, BNP, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barisan Islam Pembebasan Patani(BIPP), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gorakan Mujahideen Islam Patani(GMIP), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jama ah Islamiya(JI) and probably etc.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you would want to know whether Thai citizens in those 3 provinces want to be separated from the rest of country. They don't and they live in fear. And they are not moving away, because it is there home town.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is still news of Bomb and drive-by shooting to be heard almost every day. You would never get use to it, nobody would. And I hope the government wouldn't and come up with something, something that would really make it better, for the sake of our brothers and sisters in the south.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the first one : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Police have charged the deputy director of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1284315636_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Surat</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thani's Kanjanadit Wittayakom School with child sexual abuse after being alleged of luring a Grade 11 student and allowing a fellow teacher to also sexually abuse her.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The suspects were summoned, the school's Deputy Director Manachanoke Nam-mu and teacher Kamron Sakda, charged with child molestation. However, the two have denied the charges.</span></span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Baan Tung Po School Director Tin Suknual (ตฤณ สุขนวล) told the press that the local</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1284315636_4" style="color: #366388;">Primary Education Office</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">has issued an order for the relocation of the two teachers and initiated an disciplinary investigation on them.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A draft law that intends to give pregnant students the legal right to take maternal leave and continue their studies after </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">giving birth</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, is now attracting much controversy.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While a survey on </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ilaw.or.th/" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.ilaw.or.th/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_2" style="color: #366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">www.ilaw.or.th</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">showed most respondents supported the draft law, prominent child-rights activist Wallop Tangkananurak said he was concerned the legislation would indirectly endorse school-age pregnancies.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"I agree that schools should not fire students just for being pregnant. However, having a clear law on the issue may indirectly convince youth that it is okay to get pregnant during their school years," Wallop said in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.gotoknow.org/" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.gotoknow.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_3" style="color: #366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">www.gotoknow.org</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He said he planned to raise the issue at the National Children Protection Committee meeting soon. He explained that although it was good to give youth more freedom, it could be better to rely on subtle measures.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said there was much discussion about</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_4" style="color: #366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Article 12</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in the draft, over whether directors of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_5" style="color: #366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">educational institutions</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with pregnant female students should allow the women to continue studying during their</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">pregnancy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and after giving birth.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jurin said many prominent</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_7" style="color: #366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">public health officers</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">worried the law would encourage teen pregnancy. Others said it would open the way for pregnant students to have both maternal leave and continue their studies after giving birth, instead of losing their positions. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He was not sure that firing pregnant students was beneficial - their numbers had not decreased during the past few years.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_8" style="color: #366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Department of Health records</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">showed that each year in Thailand, 10,000 students under 15 years of age become pregnant. Of 800,000 women who get pregnant annually, 20 per cent are under 20 years.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_9" style="color: #366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Reproductive Health Division chief</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr Kittipong Saejeng, secretary of a subcommittee to develop reproductive health law and regulation, said the subcommittee would organise a meeting to revise this draft. After that the subcommittee would hold public hearings for two months before making submissions to the National Reproductive Health Committee, chaired by the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_10" style="color: #366388;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Public Health Minister</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, and then to Cabinet. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jurin said the law would protect people's reproductive health rights. It would also cover the medical services of all state and private medical units and oblige them to provide consultation and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283674126_11" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">reproductive health services</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The law will not allow any individual or organisation to block maternal leave, will encourage breastfeeding and safeguard against sexual harassment. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It would encourage support for pregnant women, those with unwanted pregnancies and those who were not in a position to take care of their kids.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here's the response from The Nation's Tulsathit > <a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/07/14/opinion/If-it-was-your-daughter-shed-get-a-second-chance-30133738.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">If it was your daughter, she'd get a second chance</span></b></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;">Response from my friend, Diana, who's been living in Thailand for years > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">http://oldskoolnet.com/the-juno-bill</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><b>And here's my View and my friends' opinion on this issue</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial;"><b><br />
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<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tQ0G5UBdqQs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tQ0G5UBdqQs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650463179103866776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802599647179198892.post-34267542814150273292010-09-04T14:39:00.000-07:002010-09-04T15:03:58.879-07:00Sexual harassment regulations for civil servants<div style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Georgia; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 1em; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Cabinet just pass the proposal by The Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) on draft of legislation to the Cabinet today to try to prevent sexual harassment at state offices.</h2></div><div style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Georgia; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #373737; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Georgia; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Regulations to be issued under the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283635082_1">Civil Service Act</span> 2008 covered five types of behaviour deemed to be sexual harassment in the workplace.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1) sexual or physical contact, such as kissing, holding or touching certain parts of the body.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2) sexualised talk, such as criticising or joking about body parts and telling dirty jokes to an unwilling audience.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3) sexual gestures, such as looking at others in a "sexual" manner.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4) communication with sexual content such as sending letters, messages or e-mails with pornographic content.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5) other actions deemed sexual and disturbing to others.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The regulations would cover state officials and people assisting the civil service, 381,000 state officials at 19 ministries and the offices of provincial governor offices nationwide. People "damaged" by such behaviour could file a complaint to supervisors, who would be authorised to assign officials via verbal or written orders. If complaints were considered to have grounds, a disciplinary committee would be set up to find out facts for judgement and determine appropriate punishment.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But the regulations would not cover teachers, educational personnel, university staff, members of the Army, police officials or judges.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The OCSC would publish handbooks for distribution to civil servants once the rules were approved.<br />
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The idea of this regulation was proposed once during Thaksin Shinnawatra administration. But the, then prime minister, afraid this regulation would just exaggerate the small issue. So, the proposal was swept under the table.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">info from The Nation</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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