THAI NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 2, 2004.

BANGKOK, Feb 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:

THE BANGKOK POST:

- General Motors Corp, the world's number one automaker, plans to manufacture the Korean brand Daewoo in Thailand in order to expand its product portfolio and fully utilise its manufacturing facilities here.

- Analysts and investors have long depended on the data released by the National Economic and Social Development Board each quarter to gauge the pulse of the economy.

- Dave hurriedly drove his family to have lunch at a restaurant. He was hungry, so he was driving faster than usual. Unintentionally, he changed lanes abruptly and almost hit another car driven by a Thai gentleman.

- Local pig raisers need to upgrade their farms to the standards set for the production of hygienic pork by the Livestock Development Department in order to comply with the government's food safety initiative this year.

- The Thailand Tobacco Monopoly has joined hands with US tobacco growers in a programme aimed at producing premium grade cigarettes to compete with leading international brands.