Thailand: Social Security Fund recipients to get discounts on products.

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: General News - The nine million contributors to the Social Security Fund will be offered substantial savings on a range of products, including natural gas for their cars, from next month, The Nation reports.

The Social Security Office (SSO) on July 19 launched four projects to cut prices for consumer goods - such as electrical appliances, motorcycles and gas modification for cars - for employees registered with the scheme.

Labour Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said the project aimed to help struggling workers cope with the rising cost of living.

But academics attacked the scheme on the grounds that it would …