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Tapping into bonanza next door

SPECIAL REPORT: Businesses push for an enterprise zone near the Myanmar border

The rapid political improvement in Myanmar has prompted local Thai business owners to renew their call for the government to turn a 5,600-rai area into a special economic zone.

They want to tap the potential investment boom that's brewing across the border.

Business owners have sent a letter to Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul and it will be resubmitted again during a mobile cabinet meeting in Tak next week.

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Writer: Thanida Tansubhapol

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