Chaiyaporn Wongsathapornchai, chief of the traders' group, said retailers had recently formed a committee to campaign against foreign giants.

The panel recently submitted a petition to the National Legislative Assembly. It asked whether Phayao's city plan, imposed on May 18, would have a retroactive effect on Tesco Lotus's investment.

"Our group is strong as we share the belief that foreigners' expansion would benefit only contractors. Moreover, we consider the approval process for the expansion was not transparent," Chaiyaporn said.

- The Nation.

Gameloft for DTAC phones

DTAC is teaming up with Gameloft to enable customers to download popular games on to their mobile phones.

From tomorrow until August 2, all game maniacs have the chance to win prizes by downloading Gameloft's games from the Happy Wap site at http://

wap.dtac.co.th/happy or websites at www.happy.co.th and www.gameloft.com/dtac/promo1/.

Alternatively, they can type the word "game" and send an SMS message to 1982012 without charge.

Participants have the chance to win a Nintendo Wii game console worth Bt17,500 each week for nine weeks, as well as a 40-inch LCD Sony television worth Bt88,810. - The Nation.