|
|
Article: Pattani may be tapped for large industrial site.
- Article from:
- Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Article date:
- April 30, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Bangkok Post. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Yuthana Praiwan
Apr. 30--The area targeted for the Southern Seaboard development and a new petrochemical complex may be shifted to Pattani, from Sichon district in Nakhon Si Thammarat, in a bid to improve social, economic and political stability in the three restive southernmost provinces.
The shift to a coastal area in Pattani was proposed by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, according to Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand.
Dr Piyasvasti said the premier expressed the view that the violence in the southern border provinces would end by the end of this year, and that moving the Southern Seaboard to Pattani would send a strong signal to ...