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STOCK CRISIS
It's Black Tuesday

It's Black Tuesday. In a single trading day, the Thai stock market lost Bt800 billion in paper wealth as its key SET index plunged by a record 14.84 per cent - the worst since Black Monday in 1987.

BLACK TUESDAY ANALYSIS
Pridiyathorn's big gamble

MR Pridiyathorn Devakula, a deputy prime minister and the finance minister, and the banking authorities have made a big mistake by introducing wholesale capital controls instead of selective controls on the money market to stem the baht speculation.

Stock investment to be exempted : Pridiyathorn

Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said Tuesday the central bank would exclude inflows into the stock market from the Bank of Thailand's drastic measure of 30 per cent reserve withholding requirement.


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		BAHT CRISIS BOT bid to limit currency dealings 30% of big cash sums will have to be deposited in banks, it says
		Mongkol fears for alcohol bill Public Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla is concerned a controversial alcohol control bill will never become law.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Concession contracts face review
Council to determine investment status

		Pranda Jewellery suffers exchange loss of Bt90m
		Surging baht not in line with local economy
		Company cultures, not Thai culture, a hurdle at times

DRUG PATENT ACT
Aids groups upset by amendments
HIV/Aids activists claim patent-law changes would allow drugs 'trickery'

		More funds for anti-HIV drugs
		Laws on drink-driving to be toughened
		Northeast school blazes 'could be signal to CNS'

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Thai medal winners get Bt140 million
[THAI ATHLETES] Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont handed over Bt140 million to Thai medallists of the Fespic Games and Asian Games at Government House yesterday.

EDITORIAL
New ruler marks a new era for Bhutan
Himalayan kingdom faces the challenge of transforming itself into a constitutional monarchy

		iTV's plight strengthens the case for media reform

The Nation Poll

New poll posted on Thursday

Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?