Time is running out. It is only three years until Thailand
becomes part of the single market system under the
Asean Economic Community (AEC). Yet, the majority of
people are still not prepared to face the new challenge.
According to a recent poll in the Northeast by Khon
Kaen University, more than half the respondents have
not heard of the AEC, and the situation is similar in other
parts of the country. This is a bad sign. According to
poll respondents, they want to know more about what
the impacts of the AEC on their lives will be. They also
want the government to provide them with better