{"id":196,"date":"2007-03-05T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=196"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T04:08:00","slug":"deputy-prime-minister-and-finance-minister-pridiyathorn-devakula-quits-yeah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/deputy-prime-minister-and-finance-minister-pridiyathorn-devakula-quits-yeah\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula quits (Yeah!!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:usjHGktqVHRhzM:http:\/\/www.emeap.org\/govern\/image1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 78px; height: 97px;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:usjHGktqVHRhzM:http:\/\/www.emeap.org\/govern\/image1.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>This is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pridiyathorn_Devakula\">the guy<\/a> who started:<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8230;the Finance Ministry\u2019s tough capital inflow control measures implemented in a bid to stem the appreciation of the baht, which led to a 15 per cent crash in the stock market crash in December.<\/span><br \/>And to top that..<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Next came the government\u2019s proposed changes to the Foreign Business Act, a move many said spelt doom for the country\u2019s property industry.  That..aimed to halt the longstanding practice of foreign companies using nominally Thai-owned firms to comply with the law. If the proposed amendments become law, a company would now be considered foreign if offshore investors hold more than 50% of either shares or voting rights.<\/span> (<a href=\"http:\/\/thailand-property-guide.com\/?p=news\/article&amp;NewsID=310\">thailand property guide<\/a>)<br \/>Good riddance!! Beat it!! 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