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Most people favour closing night venues at 2 a.m.: NIDA Poll

  MOST people are in favour of closing night venues at current 2 a.m. rather than extending it to 4 a.m. as being moved by the Pheu Thai-led government, a new NIDA Poll shows, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Oct. 22) The NIDA Poll, conducted during October 17-19, 2023 with a total of 1,310 Thai

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Southern contestants dump own parties to help Prayut: Academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MANY SOUTHERN CANDIDATES running in constituency-based mode have quietly dumped their own parties and used personal resources to help themselves and caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha who is contesting to prolong his rule under the Ruam Thai Sang Chart tickets, according to NIDA Poll director Suwicha Pao-ari. The unsettling phenomenon

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Prawit might be prime minister only for a year: Academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH leader Prawit Wongsuwan might probably take the helm of government only for a year after an upcoming general election, given decisive votes from both MPs and senators, forecast NIDA Poll director Suwicha Pao-ari last night (Feb.20). Prawit who is contesting the nationwide election as the sole partisan candidate

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Most Bangkokians prefer Move Forward Party leader for PM: NIDA Poll

By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST BANGKOKIANS prefer Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat to become prime minister after the next general election, says a recent opinion poll. According to the National Institute of Development Administration’s (NIDA) poll conducted among 2,000 Bangkok residents earlier this month, 20.40% of all respondents  preferred the Move Forward top leader

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Poll finds most Gen-Zers view 2017 constitution as ‘dictatorial’

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST GEN-Z YOUNGSTERS regard the 2017 junta-designed constitution as being “dictatorial”, according to a recent poll. Rangsit University political scientist Thamrongsak Petlert-anand revealed today (Oct. 2) findings of the opinion poll conducted earlier this month among a total of 707 Gen-Z adolescents where 85.8% of the respondents considered the current

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