Remember your promise, Mr Thaksin?
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A decade ago, Thaksin Shinawatra made a vow to solve Bangkok's traffic congestion within six months. He failed to do it.
Now, the Yingluck government has effectively added 1.2 million cars on Thailand’s roads with its first-car tax rebate populist scheme. A large number of these new cars will run on – and add to – Bangkok’s already congested road space.
Is someone suffering from Alzheimer’s somewhere?
VINT CHAVALA
LAMPHUN
