PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers on May 26
BANGKOK, May 26 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
TOP STORIES
- The People's Alliance for Democracy will press for the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and the impeachment of lawmakers trying to abolish the constitution endorsed by the referendum (BANGKOK POST)
- Commerce Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan plans to patent the full moon party -- an idea which an intellectual property law expert calls "impractical" (BANGKOK POST)
- The Assets Examination Committee will decide whether to take action against one more suspect in the CTX 9000 bomb scanner case (THE NATION)
- Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said he would push ahead with his plan to issue an executive decree for a referendum on the proposed amendment of the 2007 Constitution (BANGKOK POST)
BUSINESS
- The central bank will consider an increase of 25-50 basis points to the policy interest rate next month if this month's inflation rate continues at above 5 percent, a financial source said (THE NATION)
- The mobile operator True Move TRUE.BK is falling behind its two larger rivals in the race to provide third-generation (3G) services because of concerns that they would affect its concession with CAT Telecom (BANGKOK POST)
-The Thai Hotels Association (THA) warned that the country would be short of 30,000 hotel staff over the next two years as new hotels continue to open (THE NATION) ** Looking for more information from local sources? Factiva.com has eight Thai sources including the Bangkok Post and The Nation. ($1=32.11 Baht)
