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Abhisit unsurprised by perception of worsening Thai economy
By k on September 26, 2009
BANGKOK, Sept 26 (TNA) — Reasserting that the Thai economy will improve in the last quarter of the year, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva nonetheless on Saturday said that he was not surprised by a new survey showing that a majority of people believe that national economy is deteriorating and most of them remain in debt.
Speaking via a web conference from New York to Government House in Bangkok, Mr. Abhisit responded to a Dusit Poll survey which found that 70 per cent of the people believe that the Thai economy is worsening and more than 60 per cent said they are still living in debt, and that it is still shrinking, despite his government’s insistence that the economy would become positive in the last quarter of the year.
The prime minister now attending the UN General Assembly in New York, said his government would more quickly resolve the economic challenge now prevailing throughout the world.
Mr. Abhisit said he would leave for Thailand at about 9 pm Sunday and would hold a press conference on his attendance at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh and the UN General Assembly on Monday in Bangkok. (TNA)
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