PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - April 3

BANGKOK, April 3 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TOP STORIES

- Law lecturers from nine campuses slammed the government's plan to amend political party dissolution rules while an anti-Thaksin alliance threatened to seek the impeachment of every single MP joining the charter amendment bid (BANGKOK POST)

- The spectre of political turmoil is revisiting Thailand once again with potential clashes over the government's attempt to implement drastic amendments to the Constitution (THE NATION)

- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is proposing to ban parking lots in condominiums along the routes of the electric train and Bus Rapid Transit systems to encourage the property residents to use mass transit facilities (BANGKOK POST)

BUSINESS

- Prices of goods and service are escalating relentlessly across the entire range, from toothpicks to warships. But consumer have been urged not to be overly concerned about declining purchasing power (THE NATION)

- The Radio and Television Act could be amended to give the state-owned National Broadcasting of Thailand station more flexibility, according to Jakrapob Penkair, the PM's Office Minister (BANGKOK POST)

- Bangkok's major shopping malls will stage big campaigns for Songkran this year, aimed at luring city residents (THE NATION)