Thailand’s Mr Sandwich happier 10 years on


Thais have not learnt the lesson of 1997. They are over-borrowing again, warns the property tycoon turned hawker.

IS IT a happy anniversary? I had directed the question at the most recognisable face of Thailand’s 1997 economic meltdown on July 2, which a decade ago was the day his country devalued the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.

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