Thai PM says Bangkok to recover from floods before New Year.

Text of report headlined "City to be dry by New Year. says Yingluck" published by Thailand newspaper Bangkok Post Online website on 4 December

Five out of seven flooded industrial estates are now dry, while flooded areas in Bangkok and nearby provinces will be dry by the New Year, says Prime Minister Yinglak Shinawatra.

The flood situation was improving, she told her weekly radio programme yesterday, although the opposition was quick to criticise her for underestimating the crisis.

Opposition and Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) - which will meet this week to decide whether to disband, now that the …