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Word: ungphakorn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1966-1966
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...leading evangelist of the new spirit is the governor of the Bank of Thailand, Dr. Puey Ungphakorn. Publicity-shy Puey, 49, holder of a Ph.D. in economics from London University, refuses honors and decorations, keeps his birth date a secret in order to thwart the Thai custom of showering public figures with presents, and tends zealously to his three jobs-at the bank, as director of fiscal policy for Thailand's Finance Ministry and as dean of the economics faculty at Thammasat University. Last month Puey quietly put together a formal alliance of central-bank governors from Ceylon, Laos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia: Rallying Round the River | 3/18/1966 | See Source »

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