GOVERNMENT spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had expressed his thanks to former Democrat prime minister Chuan Leekpai for his concerns and suggestions on plunging household incomes of people in the South.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday that the newly appointed reform committees focusing on 11 key areas were meant to complement the government’s 20-year strategy.