Thailand may encounter both crises and opportunities
when the Asean Economic Community is implemented in
a few years. But if Thais prepare thoroughly, the AEC
would not affect them that badly and they may even find
opportunities, academics said recently. However, after
seeing no concrete move towards preparing for the AEC
by the government, Visanu Vongsinsirikul, director of
Dhurakij Pundit University's Asean Community
Preparation Centre (ACPC), the most influential body
with the power to prepare the country for changes,
called on the government to think and act as soon as
possible. Otherwise