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Tada Martin, newly appointed manager of the Student Loans Fund said yesterday that loan would reach student this month or early next month.

Tada, in his first day in office, said that a  delay has been caused by technical issue- as the government end an (income contingent loan) ICL but still provide normal loan types.  The government has already allocated fund Bt40 billion to support the loans, he said.

On Tuesday, a Thai newspaper reported that a student killed herself on worries about delayed loans.

However, a friend of hers, who is also her roommate, told "Ta Sawang" a new programme of ModerNine TV, that night that the dead student was rather worried about her grade percentage average (GPA). "When she was at a vocational college, her GPA was well over 3 points. But at the university, it drops. She was naturally not outspoken, rarely telling friends what worried her."

 In other development, Chodechai Suwanaporn, deputy government spokesman, said yesterday that the Cabinet approved tariff exemption for contract  farming business. The tax exemption is designed to promote Thai investors to invest in neighboring countries; Burma, Cambodia and Laos.

    Tax exemption coverage include sweet corn, maize, soy bean  and eucalyptus. Investors in bordered provinces will benefit from the tax exemption; Chanthaburi, Ubon Ratchatani, Sa Kaew, Loei, Nakhon Phanom, and Tak.