Thailand still has chronic problems in many areas and changes need to be made, especially politicians' behaviour, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday. "Thailand has strong fundamentals but there are many chronic problems in the economic, social and political sectors. The political crisis caused by the power struggle and corruption has resulted in conflict throughout the country," Mr Abhisit said at a seminar on the government's reform policy.
Thailand still has chronic problems in many areas and changes need to be made, especially politicians' behaviour, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday. "Thailand has strong fundamentals but there are many chronic problems in the economic, social and political sectors. The political crisis caused by the power struggle and corruption has resulted in conflict throughout the country," Mr Abhisit said at a seminar on the government's reform policy.
Thailand still has chronic problems in many areas and changes need to be made, especially politicians' behaviour, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday. "Thailand has strong fundamentals but there are many chronic problems in the economic, social and political sectors. The political crisis caused by the power struggle and corruption has resulted in conflict throughout the country," Mr Abhisit said at a seminar on the government's reform policy.
Thailand still has chronic problems in many areas and changes need to be made, especially politicians' behaviour, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday. "Thailand has strong fundamentals but there are many chronic problems in the economic, social and political sectors. The political crisis caused by the power struggle and corruption has resulted in conflict throughout the country," Mr Abhisit said at a seminar on the government's reform policy.
US prosecutors indicted a former governor of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and her daughter on charges that they accepted bribes from a Los Angeles filmmaking couple to run Bangkok International Film Festival and other projects between 2002 and 2007. Reports on US and Canadian news websites quoted the US prosecutors as saying that former TAT governor Juthamas Siriwan and her daughter Jittisopa were charged on Tuesday with conspiracy and 8 other counts. If convicted, they each face up to twenty years in prison.