Megaprojects
first casualty of snap vote -
Bangkok Post, February 25, 2006
The government's vaunted megaproject programme worth 1.8 trillion baht is the first casualty of yesterday's move by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to call a snap election. Rising political uncertainty had already raised doubts about whether any of the high-profile infrastructure projects, seen as a major tonic for the economy, would get off the ground this year...
The government's vaunted megaproject programme worth 1.8 trillion baht is the first casualty of yesterday's move by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to call a snap election. Rising political uncertainty had already raised doubts about whether any of the high-profile infrastructure projects, seen as a major tonic for the economy, would get off the ground this year...