Thursday, December 24, 2009

Thailand has ‘stabilised and prospered’

The Straits Times

BANGKOK, Dec 24 — In a rosy self-assessment of his government’s performance one year after taking office, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (left) yesterday said the country had stabilised and prospered, and that “it would be a shame if just as we have made progress, instability and violence were to erupt again”.
He made his wide-ranging, televised CEO-style presentation, embellished with slides showing graphs and tables, to an audience of ministers, bureaucrats and the media at Government House.
He cited growing employment and improved tourism and export numbers as proof that economic stimulus and welfare measures had worked.
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