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...Woven fabric by BYO Living covers the ceilings, made from 9,500 green plastic bottles per 2 square metre panel....
...Per capita income has hovered around Bt70,000 ($2,180) since 2012, making it the poorest of Thailand’s four regions (see chart)....
...Commercial banks hold 42.9 per cent of consumer debt, followed by SFIs with 29.2 per cent (see chart)....
...Similarly, officials and business owners in secondary cities such as Khon Kaen and Surat Thani report serious concerns over both legal and off-system debt among factory workers....
...“It translates into a very influential idea among royalists, that Thailand needs to be governed by ‘good men’ (khon di), and that democratic rule leads to corruption because the poor people are too stupid...
...In April, it sold $2.5bn in debt at 3.85 per cent, just 184.8 basis points over 10-year US Treasuries at the time....
...“We can’t let the country face that uncertainty,” the premier told reporters in Khon Khaen.“ All this may affect the economy in some way....
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