toically, we have the june in power, we have all of these talks of reforms.light of this global route we are seeing how are these reforms going? separate big questions in terms of reform, nothing concrete on the surface as to how they will reform thailand. we are all looking forward to seeing significant changes. thailand is at a crossroads, really. we have had 30 years of above average growth rate. we need to find a new formula. we are working on that front. with regards to economic prospects we are a very open economy. that means we are very much tied to global events. basically, global demand is slowing that is affecting overall sentiment in the country. again, we need to find a solution to that. that they critics say are there to enforce political power, not grow the economy. is that criticism valid? korn: i think they started out that way, the junta, that is. they achieved peace in the streets very quickly. it was overly optimistic to expected military government to be able to develop the economy. but the economy has been so poor that they need to turn t