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Article: Thousands Protest Possible Beer Listing
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- July 20, 2005
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RUNGRAWEE C. PINYORAT, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
07-20-2005
Dateline: BANGKOK, Thailand
Buddhist Monks chat in protest outside the Thai Stock Exchange in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, July 20, 2005, in protest of a proposal to list a beer company on the Thai stock exchange. The protest came on the eve of one of Thailand's major Buddhist holidays. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thousands of people demonstrated Wednesday outside the Stock Exchange of Thailand to protest plans by the country's largest beer company to list its shares on the market, saying the need to make a profit would encourage drinking.
Thai Beverage PCL, which brews Beer Chang (Elephant Beer) the country's top seller, has ...