PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - November 27

BANGKOK, Nov 27 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TOP STORIES

- Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been dealt another major blow with the special anti-graft agency resolving to press new charges over questionable administrative decisions made while in office (THE NATION)

- Opinion polls on political parties and candidates are permitted in the run-up to the general election as long as they take a purely academic approach, Election Commission chairman Apichart Sukhagganond said (BANGKOK POST)

- The Labour Ministry will ask the cabinet today to approve its plan to raise the daily minimum wage by one to seven baht (THE NATION)

- Developing new industrial estates in the south and investing more in cross-regional transportation are what the next government should set as prime policy to sustain economic growth there, former Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said (BANGKOK POST)

- The Administrative Court is expected to rule within days on demands by people living in the vicinity of Suvarnabhumi airport to suspend night flights (BANGKOK POST)

BUSINESS

- With the implementation of the country's energy conservation plan, Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand expressed confidence the amount of imported oil should drop by 35 percent within the next four years (THE NATION)