SET expat problems
Re: "Capital market task force unveils 'quick win' reform", (Business, Oct 7). One still unresolved issue is foreigners/expats at times not getting their freely issued warrants, even those who reside here in permanence and own the so-called NVDR shares.
Many individual SET retail investors here seek out quality growth companies with their low valuations and high dividends, which may well issue new warrants to help fund their expansion plans.
Some companies, over the past year and longer, have excluded select foreign passport holders from warrants. This is unjust and makes no sense as they reside here and follow Thai law; just as, for example, Thais in the United States follow US securities law.
Paul A Renaud
No more nonsense
Re: "Vaccine risk data", (PostBag, Oct 1).
Although I support the rights of all readers to share a wide range of views in PostBag, and I usually do turn to the letters page for entertainment before I proceed to the cryptic crossword, I cannot support contributors who promote dangerous and unscientific misinformation with regard to the safety of vaccination.
Vaccination has saved countless millions of lives since its discovery, and is without doubt one of the greatest tools that the medical profession has in the global fight against infectious disease.
Sadly, there are still some individuals using misinformation and pseudoscience to spread doubts about the safety of vaccination. This dangerous, nonsensical narrative puts lives around the world at risk by reducing the level of immunity in the population, and I cannot allow such dangerous propaganda to go unchallenged in your newspaper.
Your contributor, who references the Henry Ford Study, claims the study demonstrated conclusively that "exposure to vaccination was associated with an increased risk of chronic health conditions". Nothing could be further from the truth; the study was actually withdrawn and discredited due to multiple serious flaws and errors in its methodology.
I am sure most Bangkok Post readers are sufficiently informed to recognise dangerous baloney when they see it. The Post must not encourage the spread of scientific misinformation by publishing such dangerous and misleading "theories".
Martin Foakes
Lions aren't pets
Re: "Pet lion mauls two villagers, including 11-year-old boy", (PostBag, Oct 5).
The recent mauling of two villagers by a lion in Kanchanaburi should serve as a dire warning: these animals do not belong in homes. This young lion -- chained to a pole, exploited as a social media prop, and denied any semblance of a natural life -- suffered long before she attacked. Lions are powerful, intelligent predators who need vast spaces to roam, not confinement in a cage or someone's living room.
Authorities were right to charge the owner for endangering human lives, but true justice must also consider the lion's suffering. Keeping such animals as "pets" is a tragedy waiting to happen.
Thailand must ban private ownership of lions and other big cats and by shutting down breeding centres that supply this cruel trade.
Jason Baker, Senior Vice President PETA Asia
