Monday, March 23, 2009

Thailand’s PM is Trying to Help Unemployed Citizens in Tough Economy

In 1997, Thailand’s rate of unemployment rose to 1.4 million and with the looks of another bad economic downturn, prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva is taking action ahead of time, reports Aljazera. With an expected one million Thais to be unemployed by the end of the year the prime minister is implementing new training programs that will help the unemployed to learn to use computer and service industry skills.
Vejjajiva also announced further economic stimulus packages as well as borrowing money for infrastructure projects. Vejjajiva has made plans to obtain 2 billion in foreign loans, to fund transportation, education and healthcare projects.

By Lisa Schaffer

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