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SRT needs restructuring, not privatisation

There should be no privatisation of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) but it definitely needs restructuring, Chulalongkorn University economist Narong Petchprasert said on Thursday. ...full story at Bangkok Post

from Bangkok Post on Thu, Nov 05 2009

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