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Thailand prepares for upcoming rainy season

2012-08-30 7 Dailymotion

As the clean up from the last flood in Thailand continues, attention has now turned to the next wet season which could start in over a month.<br /><br />Seven industrial estates were flooded last year, costing the country billions in dollars. Factories belonging to international giants like Honda, Sony, and Western Digital came to a complete standstill, and today most of the affected companies still have not resumed full production.<br /><br />Currently Thailand's flood defences are beginning to take shape, but the government has yet to deliver on its promise to pay thwo-thirds of the cost of the wall.<br /><br />But factory owners cannot afford to wait.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Pathum Thani, Thailand.

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