By Petchanet Pratruangkrai
The Nation
Today's meeting of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) will discuss the Thai-Cambodian border clashes, which have been added as an urgent agenda item amid concern that the fighting is not only harming trade between the two nations but also damaging commerce with Vietnam and Laos.
Meanwhile, the Bank of England yesterday said it expected only a minimal impact on Thailand's overall trade, due to the relatively small value of exports to Cambodia.
"Several million baht have been lost a day since the clashes first erupted," said FTI vice chairman Thanit Sorat.
"Thai exports to Vietnam and Laos have been affected, as some shipments have to pass through Route No 48, which connects Thailand, Cambodia and the southern part of Laos and Vietnam."
Normally, Thailand exports fresh fruits, flour and foods through Route No 48. Investment has also dropped considerably since the conflict started, he said.
The FTI will today call for an urgent meeting with the Foreign Ministry, the Trade Negotiations Department and the Thai Chamber of Commerce to address the economic losses and seek solutions for trading amid the political conflict with Cambodia, he added.
The federation was originally scheduled to meet to establish a Business Council between Thailand and Cambodia, but the dispute has been included as an urgent agenda item after the rising border tension.
Mathee Supapongse, senior director for the central bank's Domestic Economy Department, said there had been little impact to date on Thai-Cambodian trade after the fighting over the countries' disputed border.
If the situation were to get even worse, there should still be relatively little effect, as Thai-Cambodian trade is not high, he said.
"To my understanding, both countries' checkpoints have not yet been closed.
"Moreover, we have faced this kind of situation many times before.
"Therefore, it should not have much of an impact on bilateral trade," he added.
Overall Thai exports totalled about US$200 billion (Bt6 trillion) last year, according to the central bank.
Less than 1 per cent went to Cambodia.
10 comments:
Var Kim Hong does recognize that Cambodia, if compared to the colonial Service Geographique de l’Indochine scale map 1/100,000 and the 1985 delimitation treaty, will loses 9,000 hectares; and compared to U.S Army Mapping Service scale map 1/50,000 with the 1985 Treaty, would lose about 7,900 hectares to Vietnam. This statement was confirmed by Var Kim Hong to Mr. Touch Bora Esq through a telephone conversation on 30 August 2002 at 4:30 p.m. (Sydney time), which Mr. Touch Bora Esq wrote in his letter dated on 9 September 2002 sent to Sam Dach Ta Noroudom Sihanouk concerning over border affairs.
In fact, the loss is absolutely more than the 1000 square kilometers stated by MP Sam Rainsy in his statement, if we add the size of the historical water of 30000 square kilometers awarded to Vietnam under the 1982 Agreement which has been into affect and now already become under the full control of Vietnam. And this would not be the last if the equidistance principle be used to delimit the maritime boundary, Cambodia will lose an additional area of sea and seabed measuring at least 860 square nautical miles from the Brevie Line to the north, analyzed by Mr. Touch Bora Esq or another 10000 square kilometers confirmed by Mr. Sean Pengse, the President of the Cambodian Border Committee Worldwide, which exclusively include another Koh Poula Wai to Vietnam added to the previous lost islands- Koh Tral (Dao Phu Quoc) and Koh Poulo Panjang (Dao Thu Chu).
This is why sVar Kim Hong said in front of Students´s Movement for Democracy (SMD), and Sam Dach Ta Norodom Sihanouk on 22 Janaury 2000 during our audience with him concerning the border resolution with Vietnam that; “If we want peace, we must sacrifice our flesh to the tiger.” The truth is discovered now that, “Sacrifice the flesh to tiger actually means cutting our land to the Viet.” This word was clearly spoken out from his mouth and there were Sam Dach Ta as witness and 31 members.
We must condemn this Var Kim Hong for his role in helping the traitorous regime of Hun Sen.
Smart Khmer Girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
The first 2 posters (same person?) remind me about a year ago a poster who was always the first to post on any subject by starting out:
I just googled…….
We got your messages ok, can you cut down your copy and paste to about 1 post for every 20 subjects since nobody is going to read the same old stupid shit anyway.
That was one of reasons why KI wanted your login so they can block people like you who pollute their posting board with garbages.
This clash is to boost youn economics. This is one of the Youn plan.
ah evil siem thugs have to suffer economically if they continue to bully and fight and steal from cambodia!
cambodia not about youn, either, ok! people are so ignorant!
9:38 PM,
You are absolutely right and I support what you have said 100%.
This person by the name of "Smart Khmer Girl Ms. Rattana Keo" is not smart at all, but rather very unintelligent.
What she is doing is to make herself not serious anymore in the eyes and hearts of KI readers because this person is really insulting the intelligence of every Khmer who comes to this site.
We, the visitors to this site know fully well and understand fully well whatever is posted and we do not need to read the same thing again twice to understand it.
The best way to deal with people like that is to not read or pay any attention to what they have posted. Just ignore completely whatever they post or say.
To be honest with you, because of Ms Keo's ridiculous behaviour, I have not read at all what she has posted. In addition I would do totally quite the opposite of what she wants me to do, i.e. read her posting.
Ms Rattana Keo 's organization will rise up all Cambodian people to throw out Hun Sen regime off Cambodia.
All Ms Rattana Keo friends and families are willing to sacrified their life to save Cambodia from Hun Sen Vietnam'slave regime.
Long live President Khmer Young Generation Ms. Rattana Keo and her organization to free Cambodia from Hun Sen Youn Slave regime.
ALL ABC TISSUE WORKERS,
You don't need to tell us you are smart, Rattana keo.You never have any new idea, just keep repeat the same shit all the time, it's so annoyed. Please, stop call yourself " Smart ", smart ass. You can not sit in a bucket and lift yourself up, stupid.
Ms Rattana Keo = Fuck husband + Fuck boyfriends at the same time
She is going to fuck her father in law some time too. Her mother in law know it very well and love the rattana keo treesome cultures because the mother in law love treesome too.
All Ms Rattana Keo's friends are treesome like Ms Rattana Keo too (Fuck many boys at the same time).
Ms Rattana Keo 's younger Husband = Scum living off older wife ass Ms Rattana Keo.
Vietnam will insert B-21 rocket into ms rattana keo's vagina in order to please her sex life.
Hun Sen will insert another B-21 into ms rattana keo ass hole at the same time too
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