PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - March 21

BANGKOK, March 21 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TOP STORIES

- The mid-year military reshuffle has given rise to speculation that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is trying to win over the military to secure his grip on the premiership (BANGKOK POST)

- The Asset Examination Committee is seeking a donation of 10 baht each from Bangkok residents and 2 baht from those in the provinces after facing endless obstacles in getting funds from the government to continue its investigations (THE NATION)

- The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the vote-buying case against House Speaker Yongyuth Tiyapairat as the People Power Party puts on a brave face amid prospects that a guilty judgement could sink it (BANGKOK POST)

BUSINESS

- Two Siam Cement Group units SCC.BK signed up for a $4-billion joint venture with Vietnamese partners to build the first integrated petrochemical complex in the country (THE NATION)

- The baht will probably move below 31 against the dollar in early to mid-April with strong resistance at 30.50-30.70, Citigroup's Thai market weekly publication says (THE NATION)

- The value of Thailand's exports in terms of increasingly weak U.S. dollars expanded by 16.4 percent year-on-year in February on higher shipments of farm products (BANGKOK POST)