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Thai Cabinet OKs Budget for Fiscal Year 1998
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Xinhua English Newswire
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April 18, 1997
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The Thai cabinet has endorsed a preliminary fiscal budget of
1,008.08 billion baht (40.32 billion U.S. dollars) for the fiscal
year 1998, an increase of 83.08 billion baht (3.33 billion dollars)
from the previous fiscal year.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications will receive a
budget
of 102.34 billion baht (4.09 billion dollars), or an increase of
21.46 percent from the fiscal year 1997, the highest increase margin
among the ministries, according to the Thai Government House today.
The Education Ministry will receive a budget of 171.15 billion
baht (6.8 billion dollars), up 13.18 percent from the previous
fiscal
year, ranking second.
The defense budget is set at 107.22 ...