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Kittiratt: Rice pledging scheme will be under-budget

Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs Kittiratt Na-Ranong is confident that the government’s rice scheme will boost local rice prices and that the cost of the rice price pledging plan will be lower than expected, but a poll of economists concludes that corruption is inevitable. He predicted on Wednesday that the government's rice mortgage scheme would boost rice prices and...

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Thai Government Challenges SET’s Corporatization Plans

The Stock Exchange of Thailand's goal to become the Wall Street of Southeast Asia faces potential setbacks, as the government voices strong opposition to its corporatization plans. The exchange's future growth and global competitiveness may be affected by this resistance.