Opposition tracks living costs on Facebook, Twitter
Shadow commerce minister Apirak Kosayodhin yesterday launched www.facebook/Consumerlndex and www.twitter.com/Consumer_ lndex to reflect the real living costs faced by Thais in areas around the nation.
Inviting members of the public to provide price information to the sites, Apirak said the index, which aims to compare goods in different locations in order to monitor the government's attempts to tackle rising prices, has three sub-indexes: the fresh market index; the ready-cooked meal index; and the farm produce index.
The fresh market index lists prices of daily necessities such as pork, chicken, eggs, sugar, rice, chillies and lemon at Chiang Mai's Waroros Market, Khon Kaen's Tesabal 1 Fresh Market, Songkhla's Hat Yai Market, Nakhon Sawan's Sri Nakhon Market and Bangkok's Ying Charoen Market. The ready-cooked meal index lists prices of "khao rad kaeng" curry-on-rice dishes, noodle soup and cooked-to-order dishes.
The farm produce index includes paddy, corn, tapioca, palm oil, rubber, rambutan and pineapple.
