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>Subject: Thai Press on Burma



>Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:12:25 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "W. Kesavatana-Dohrs" <dohrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Thai Press on Burma
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>Subject: Thailand : Summary of the Thai Press, Fr
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>BANGKOK
>SUMMARY OF THE THAI PRESS
>FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
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>(NOTE:  The following is an unedited summary of selected news, columns and
>editorials from the Thai press.  It should be read in conjunction with the
>Bangkok English language newspapers.  Items are selected for summary based
>upon their interest and usefulness to US officials.  This press summary
>should not be considered a balanced reflection of what appears in the Thai
>press on any given day.  This is not an official document and the
>producers assume no responsibility for accuracy of translations.)
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>II. 	EDITORIALS & COMMENTARY:
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>		4. GREEN HEAD NEWS AGENCY assumes the CHUAN Government to
>have totally failed in national economic rescue as reflected by initial
>closure of 56 troubled finance firms and Phatthara Thanakit Finance
>Company's latest collapse in spite of strong financial support from the
>state.  Also cited as a token of the Government's administrative failure
>is sale of the 56 finance firms' assets and liabilities by the Financial
>Restructuring Agency at a loss of over 600 billion baht.  The Government
>is also assumed to have neglected to tackle severe social problems like
>amphetamine spread.  The author sees Chinese President JIANG ZEMIN's
>ongoing visit to Thailand as a good opportunity for Prime Minister CHUAN
>LIKPHAI to seek Chinese assistance in solving the problem by talking the
>Chinese leader into pressuring the Burmese Government to order the Wa
>Daeng Group to stop producing amphetamines for supply to Thailand.  In the
>author's opinion, the problem should have long been settled if Foreign
>Minister SURIN PHITSUWAN were smart enough to raise it to early world
>attention.  In addition, the author flays the CHUAN Government for adding
>to public suffering with its controversial on-line lottery operating
>proposal.  - Thai Rath column
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