Govt sets up special development zone in five south provinces
The government will set up special development zone in five southernmost provinces in a new bid to restore peace in the restive south, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Thursday.
The plan, adopted during a special cabinet meeting on the south, would integrate resources and operational agencies to uplift living of people in predominantly Muslim provinces; Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Songkhla and Satun.There would be no change of governing in the five provinces but the special development zone would concentrate economy strategies to create jobs in the unrest region. The government will offer tax incentive for investment projects in the region.
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