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Surin: Government needs to prioritise

Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 18.27
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The government needs to wisely choose which urgent problems to deal with - political, constitutional, education or labour, former secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Surin Pitsuwan said Thursday.

Mr Surin, who last week handed over the secretary-general's job to Le Luong Minh in the Asean capital of Jakarta, was launching two books published by Amarin printing house.

Surin Pitsuwan (EPA photo)

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patchar
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Discussion 5 : 18 Jan 2013 at 19.595
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This man talk a lot yet he have shown his partiality favoring China not the four ASEAN countries who are in conflict with China over the spratly island along the pacific ocean. He failed to performed his expected duties as secretary general of the ASEAN for several years. I'ts good that a new secretary general from Vietnam replaced this inutile man.
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Discussion 4 : 18 Jan 2013 at 07.414
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@boontong D2,

Mr Surin is not in the government. His word are nothing more than sound advice, most likely to fall on deaf ears.
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Discussion 3 : 18 Jan 2013 at 07.163
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Just because Thailand is just next to Burma does not mean we have to swallow this Rohingya problem. The best place to send these people to is the Middle East. There are so many Muslim countries there to take them and they don't even need to assimilate themselves to whichever Arab countries they are sent to.
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Discussion 2 : 17 Jan 2013 at 21.562
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It is easy to say the right thing, but, to do the right thing right is not in the talking.
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Discussion 1 : 17 Jan 2013 at 20.571
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Mr Surin Pitsuwan would be great alternative to the current Prime Minister.
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