11.   The finance ministry would continue to promote savings in an effort to narrow the investment-savings gap, which will further help stabilise the economy, Amnuay said.

12.   The interim head of the Russian central bank, Tatyana Paramonova, pledged Tuesday to exercise tight control of the money supply in a bid to stabilise the economy.

13.   The newspaper urged the government to be strict in forcing financial institutions to dispose of their huge non-performing loans and execute measures to stabilise the economy.