Thai govt polls popularity rating

Thai govt polls popularity rating

BANGKOK (AFP): The new administration of Thai Premier Chuan Leekpai has polled a 74 percent popularity rating despite the plunging currency and the economic crisis, the Nation daily reported yesterday.

In a poll conducted by Bangkok's Assumption University across 15 provinces, 74 percent of the 10,900 respondents said they trusted the government, while 70 percent had confidence in its economic ministers.

The survey was undertaken last week when the baht sank to all- time lows and the bearish stock market slipped to its lowest point in nearly nine years.

The Chuan administration was appointed three weeks ago, after the government of Chavalit Yongchaiyudh gave way amid massive public pressure as it struggled to contain Thailand's worst economic crisis in decades.