31.   This measure takes out council taxes, value-added tax, excise duties, vehicle excise duty, car purchase tax and taxes on airport travel and insurance.

32.   Under commission rules the measures will not take effect until late next fall.

33.   While the spam crackdown passed nearly without dissent, the measure took more than a year to draft after earlier versions brought complaints from free-speech advocates.

34.   All the measures had taken effect by Monday.

35.   And the number is increasing as anti-inflation measures take effect.

36.   Bang Chak Plc and the Petroleum Authority of Thailand will start reducing retail prices when the measures take effect after the Commerce Ministry issues ministerial regulations by year end.

37.   Average daily trading volumes have nearly doubled since the measures took effect.

38.   Azlan was cautiously optimistic that while these measures might take time to implement, the objectives will eventually be achieved.

39.   Azlan, in his first meeting with the Press yesterday, was cautiously optimistic that while measures may take time to implement, the objectives will eventually be achieved.

40.   But he did not specify what form those measures would take.