Thaksin gives government some friendly economic advice
Hours after arriving for his latest visit to the country, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday urged Cambodia to increase state spending in infrastructure and education and to modernize the country’s financial system, according to media reports. Local reporters were quickly ushered out of the Finance Ministry after taking photos of Mr Thaksin, a former economic advisor to Prime Minister Hun Sen, who was at the ministry to address a roomful of economists and government officials at a seminar focused on Cambodia’s options for economic growth. But according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, Mr Thaksin… reportedly urged the government to increase its investment in roads, bridges, railroads, education and vocational training…
