Korn: Public Commitment A Challenge

Ensuring broad public participation in the 1.5-trillion-baht "Strong Thailand" investment programme is a key challenge for the government, says Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij.

The government is touting the programme as a major economic stimulus initiative that will create up to 2 million jobs, and significantly upgrade the country's economic and social infrastructure, by 2012.

Mr Korn, speaking at a economics conference yesterday, said the government has expanded public-private partnerships under the stimulus programme five-fold, to a target 10% of total spending.

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