Try and try again: Thailand writes another constitution
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Thailand has made repeated attempts to reform its politics and its new constitution has received final approval from the drafting committee and is soon to be voted on by parliament. There is a lack of enthusiasm from politicians, particularly over the provision that calls for a declaration of of their assets and liabilities before and after taking office, and the anti-corruption provision. Thailand needs to break the unwholesome alliance of business with politics, which is at the centre of most of the country's problems.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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Private sanction: Slorc fumbles, yet again
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Foreign trade and investment offer teh best ways to deal with thuggish governments such as the one in Burma that is dismissing the mysterious death in its prisons of the honorary consul for several European nations. Economic sanctions have a poor track record, and greater trade makes it possible to better monitor a country, as seen in Tianenmen Square in 1989. The government is also learning that many companies are unwilling to sully their corporate image by doing business there, a strong incentive for improvement.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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Slorc's drug links
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Burma has become one of the world's largest heroin and opium producers since the formation of the State Law and Order Restoration Council in 1988. Drug traffickers are no longer keeping a low profile, but are buying real estate in Rangoon and Mandalay and investing in Burma's infrastructure. Heroin use has increased in neighboring Thailand, Malaysia and Yunnan, China and is threatening Cambodian stability; while Burmese methamphetamines are becoming the drug of choice in Taiwan.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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