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Word: sophonpanich (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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Chin Up. Controversy is nothing new to the businessman who controls 60% of the bank's stock, President Chin Sophonpanich, 54. He made-and lost -several fortunes in the export-import trade, fell out with the late Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat, and lived outside the country from 1957 until last year. Even in his long exile in Hong Kong, Chin used his wide international contacts to build up the bank's foreign business, left its local affairs in the hands of a youthful staff. Whatever its reservations about Chin, the government is happy to see his bank prosper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Low Interest, High Principles | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

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