Unions oppose PTT privatisation plan

Published: 27/01/2012 at 02:52 PM
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Representatives of the PTT labour union and State Enterprises Labour Confederation of Thailand will next week submit a letter expressing opposition to the plan to privatise PTT Plc to Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong, PTT union chairwoman Absorn Krisanasamith said.

Ms Absorn said on Friday that her organisation disagreed with the plan to privatise state enterprises PTT and Thai Airways International Plc because it would affect the general public.

PTT should not be made a private-sector company as it is a state enterprise used for overseeing the country’s energy system, which is also related to national security, she added.

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Discussion 1 : 27/01/2012 at 02:57 PM1
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To privatise a government asset is not really a good thing to do. The Uk did this under the conservative government. Electricity,gas,water.train.bus,oil,steel,coal etc.
They even closed and sold off hospitals etc. Now they have no income from these services, so that is a lost revenue for the government.They did this to pay the countries debts off.Short time fix. Now the Uk has over 1 trillion in debt,high unemployment, getting higher every day, increased taxes. This company should not be privatised or sold off. The government hee should not make the same mistakes as the UK did. It starts with one company then momentum builds nd it happens to more companies which are either part or all owned by the government.
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