PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - Nov 9

BANGKOK, Nov 9 (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

- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said that fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra would visit Phnom Penh on Thursday to give a lecture on economic matters (THE NATION)

- The government's move to scrap a maritime deal with Cambodia is not a "hit where it hurts" decision as it is based on sketchy information over interests in the overlapping areas in the Gulf of Thailand (THE NATION)

- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is continuing to urge his deputy Suthep Thaugsuban to finalise the reshuffle of deputy police chiefs and other senior officers (BANGKOK POST)

BUSINESS

- The Finance Ministry will soon submit the draft law on pollution taxes to the cabinet, as part of government efforts to tackle irresponsible industrial development (THE NATION)

- Thailand hopes to receive a loan of $3.1 billion from the World Bank for clean energy technology projects to help limit the impact of climate change, according to the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (BANGKOK POST)

- Four candidates for seats on the national telecom regulator have expressed a desire to review the agency's plan to auction 3G-2.1GHz wireless broadband spectrum licences to ensure the public gets the maximum benefit from the licensing process (THE NATION)

- State-run CAT Telecom should engage a consulting firm to prepare for the conversion of its mobile concessions, according to the Information and Communications Technology Ministry's master plan, CAT executive chairman Krisda Kaveeyarn said (THE NATION)

- Recent arrests linked to the alleged spread of online rumours in the stock market have been a wake-up call for all businesses to take a closer look at how their IT systems are used, who uses them and for what purposes (BANGKOK POST)

- More commuter trains should be added to the government's massive budget for expanding mass transit rail networks in Bangkok to encourage more commuters to switch to trains, says electrical engineering giant Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE) (BANGKOK POST)

- Manufacturers of home-entertainment products, especially DVD movies, have been hit by a huge increase in piracy during the recession (THE NATION) (Bangkok Newsroom +66 2648 9721, e-mail: bangkok.newsroom@reuters.com)