PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - February 7

BANGKOK, Feb 7 (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

- His Majesty the King called on the People Power Party-led cabinet to uphold and implement their oaths of office during the swearing-in ceremony for the elected government (BANGKOK POST)

- Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej says he intends to stay in office for four years and will seek amnesty for the 111 former executives of Thai Rak Thai party only during the last three months of his term (THE NATION)

- Army chief Anupong Paojinda has made it clear he has strong reservations against disarming civilians and, eventually, members of the security forces in the deep South, saying it is the insurgents who should hand over their guns (BANGKOK POST)

- The Public Health Ministry has called on medical schools across the country to limit their student intake in specific fields to slow the brain drain from public hospitals, permanent-secretary Dr Prat Boonyawongvirot said (THE NATION)

BUSINESS

- Finance Ministry officials will propose that new minister Surapong Suebwonglee review the Bank of Thailand's 30 percent reserve requirement on capital inflows, said Pannee Stavarodom, director of the ministry's Fiscal Policy Office (BANGKOK POST)

- The chief executives of companies in the Asia-Pacific region continue to show growing confidence, says a global survey of chief executives by international accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (THE NATION) - Loxley PCL LOXL.BK, the 69-year-old trading firm better known for its high-technology, communications and construction businesses, plans to expand its consumer product-distribution business to Vietnam and Dubai this year (BANGKOK POST)