1.   Such a precedent does not exist and will not be established under the relatively minor privatisation programme that we are discussing today.

2.   We shall pursue the privatisation programme, and encourage private investment, both domestic and foreign.

3.   The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.

4.   The Government was determined to go full steam ahead with its privatisation programme.

5.   Contractual undertakings on environmental protection should be included in privatisation programmes and other foreign investment projects.

6.   The transport ministry, however, maintains that its privatisation programme is going well.

7.   PRESSURE is mounting on the government to overhaul the leadership of its privatisation programme, which has run into problems at the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.

8.   Prominent on the fast-track privatisation programme are the energy, transportation and oil sectors.

9.   Permanent secretary Supachai said that the ministry will also set up a privatisation office to handle the state enterprise privatisation programme.