Article: Bangkok, Thailand, Rally Set to Wither Orchid Megaproject.

By Chatrudee Theparat, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 12--Horticulturists across the country will stage a major rally in Bangkok this weekend to urge the government not to grant investment privileges to a Taiwanese-owned orchid breeding megaproject after learning that the Taiwanese investor is seeking a Thai nominee to push the project through.

The multi-billion-baht orchid plantation and breeding project proposed by Taiwanese-based Sunlite Biotech Co would be reviewed at the Board of Investment (BoI) meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak this month, secretary-general Somphong Wanapha said ...

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