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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Thaksin seeks to nurture Asia’s future leaders

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Thailand’s fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has launched a foundation that aims to nurture Asia’s future leaders, a spokesman said Tuesday. ‘The Building a Better Future’ Foundation opened offices on Monday in Hong Kong and Dubai, said Pongthep Thepkanjana, a Bangkok-based spokesman.

Thaksin was in Dubai and planned to travel elsewhere next week, said Pongthep. He, however, declined to say where the destinations would be.

In an open letter on the foundation’s Web site, Thaksin said he wants to recruit Asia’s “rising stars” to tackle the economic crisis in the region and confront other pressing issues faced by developing nations.

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