Expensive promises
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party is back on the campaign trail. While he tries to grab votes for the February election, he is also quietly trying to organize a set of grandiose infrastructure projects. But such projects do not have a happy history in Thailand and market observers are beginning to question just who will foot the bill. Richard Morrow reports.
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