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Budget (2006). Revenue: NT$2,172,436,000,000 (tax revenue 71.7%; income from public enterprises 14.3%). Expenditures: NT$2,261,958,000,000 (ed- ucation, science, and culture 21.6%; economic de- velopment 17.0%; general administration 15.3%; social welfare 13.6%; defense 10.5%). Population economically active (2006): total 10,522,000; ac- tivity rate of total population 46.3% (participation rates: ages 15–64, 57.9%; female 42.4%; unem- ployed [2007] 3.9%). Production (metric tons ex- cept as noted). Agriculture and fishing (2007): rice 1,363,458, pineapples 476,811, bamboo shoots 291,709, betel nuts 134,497, tea 17,502; live- stock (number of live animals; 2006) 7,068,621 pigs, 134,793 cattle; fisheries production 1,498,- 197 (from aquaculture 22%). Mining and quarrying (2006): marble 25,493,000. Manufacturing (value added in NT$'000,000,000; 2006): electronic parts and components 610; base metals 288; base chemicals 230; refined petroleum products and coal products 206; comput

Red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruengrong led red-shirt protesters to the head office of CAT Telecom on Monday, demanding to know if caused the disruptions to the broadcast signal of the red-shirts' People Channel, according to news reports. He met with CAT's CEO Jirayuth Rungsrithong, who denied any CAT involvement in the transmission or disruption of the pro-Thaksin PTV signal. Mr Jirayuth accompanied the red-shirts to the CAT's telecom network centre in Nonthaburi to prove that CAT did not do anything to  disrupt the signal. He denied reports that he was abducted  by the protesters and said he was not taken to their rally stage at Phan Fa Bridge. - Bangkok Post

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