PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - July 30
BANGKOK, July 30 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
TOP STORIES
- Suwit Khunkitti, leader of the Pue Pandin (For the Motherland) party, put more pressure on the Samak government by announcing the party's withdrawal from the coalition government (THE NATION)
- Cambodia has decided not to seek help from the United Nations to end the border row with Thailand after progress in talks between their foreign ministers (BANGKOK POST)
- Private investment has contracted rapidly due to rising production costs and political uncertainty, the Finance Ministry's Fiscal Policy Office said (THE NATION)
- The House subcommittee studying the 2007 constitution has found the charter hands too much authority to independent agencies but fails to make them accountable to parliament or the public (BANGKOK POST)
- The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to securitise assets to raise lump-sum amounts for pension payments (THE NATION)
- Three technical college students have been given life sentences for colluding in the premeditated murder of a student from a rival college (BANGKOK POST)
BUSINESS
- Energy agencies have been urged to consider whether Thailand will be a permanent net importer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which would require new legislative measures governing importation and distribution (THE NATION)
- Thailand's 1.6 trillion baht mega-project programme will be the highlight of roadshow presentations to investors next month, Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said (BANGKOK POST)
- Producers of soybean oil urged the Commerce Ministry to allow an immediate price increase, or consumers could face shortages (THE NATION)
- Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) expects a 77 billion baht debt restructuring to be completed in two weeks when its new strategic partners confirm share purchases, chief executive Keeree Kanjanapas said (BANGKOK POST) ($1=33.47 Baht) ((Bangkok Newsroom 662-637-5500 ext 400, e-mail: bangkok.newsroom@reuters.com)
