Re: "B50 and B100 banknotes switch to polymer", (BP, Aug 30).
In 2015, if I remember correctly, I brushed into a lonely polymer B50 note floating in the sea at Cha-am (which was a much quieter and cleaner place then) while I was swimming. I still have it as a memento of better times.
Re: "Cancer fairy tale", (PostBag, July 30) & "PM2.5, gene changes behind lung cancer spike", (BP, Aug 3).
I would urge readers to refer to many news items in the Post, as well as my letters in PostBag concerning the rise of rapidly progressing forms of cancer commonly named "turbo-cancers".
Despite this, PostBag contributor Tarquin Chufflebottom confuses the incidence of cancer with the rate of disease progression: something which has become alarmingly aggressive since the roll-out of the mRNA Covid vaccines (which he erroneously refers to as "safe and effective").
He imagines "any rabid tin-foil hat wearer can write a scientific paper," and that new, medically recognised, aggressive forms of cancer are a "fairy tale" and a "myth created by conspiracy theorists."
He continues in the same manner using the personally disparaging term "nutty" and proposes "fact checking" by the Post.
That he imagines himself to be a "fact-checker" is the Oxford definition of irony, although doing so does serve as an amusing counterpoint to the truth.
Re: "Govt to ramp up drive for migrants," and "UNHCR backs Myanmar refugee work," (BP, Aug 28).
I laud Labour Minister Pongkawin Jungrungruangkit for realising that foreign workers are vital to our economy and granting long-term Myanmar refugees the right to work, gaining United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) kudos.
We are a severely ageing society, with our average farmer being 59.5 years old, and farmers are 30% of our labour force.
But we need to recruit immigrants who fill our long-term needs, rather than looking only at the short term.
Vetting undocumented workers already here and letting them apply for permits is a good start, but we should aggressively recruit from other sources, such as Myanmar men, women, and professionals fleeing their junta's draft.
We should require that all complete an acculturation programme and offer a merit-based path to citizenship.
Simultaneously, we should upskill Thais so they can compete for higher-paying jobs.
Currently, 64.7% of Thais aged 15-65 have trouble reading and following simple medical instructions. Give tax incentives to upskill, such as in languages or STEM to Thais, so that low-paying jobs need no longer be reserved for Thais after 2027.
Get immigrants to help us out of our economic morass.
31 Aug 2025
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