Border trade zone to get push from Surapong
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Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul said yesterday he will propose that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra approve a long-shelved plan to establish a special economic zone in Tak's Mae Ramat, Mae Sot and Phop Phra districts, to prepare for the Asean
Leading ministerial officials to visit the Thai-Burmese Friendship Bridge and border area in Mae Sot yesterday, Surapong said the plan, shelved since the Thaksin administration, would be useful because relations with Burma, Cambodia and Laos had improved and the premier had discussed promoting border trade with leaders of the three countries. He would also discuss the issue of Burmese workers’ registration with the PM, as Thai authorities said they had registered 900,000 Burmese workers while Burmese authorities reported about two million workers being here.
