"Stockpile"

Contrary to allegations by leading rubber farmers, the government has not instructed the Rubber Authority of Thailand to unload its old stockpile of third-grade rubber sheets onto the market, Government Spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Saturday.

Wat Mettatham Phothiyan in Kanchanaburi province has asked for a 15-day extension to prepare documents to explain a large quantity of processed wood that authorities found in its compound early last month, raising suspicions of illegal logging.

THE COMMERCE MINISTRY will continue to suspend the release of rice from government stockpiles until next year to ensure that the market price of rice does not fall too steeply during the current harvest season, which began early this month and runs until

GIVEN FLUCTUATING rice prices, currency volatility and uncertainty over the weather, the Commerce Ministry will closely monitor the market situation on a day-by-day basis to decide whether to continue releasing rice from the government stockpiles or to su