STORY:
Thai's Urged To Have Torches For Y2K

Government calls each citizen to be prepared with torches and radio

The Thai government does not anticipate serious Y2K computer glitches at the turn of the millennium, but people should keep torches and radios handy to be on the safe side, a minister was quoted as saying.

Reuters reports The Nation newspaper quoted Deputy Prime Minister Trairong Suwankhiri as saying the government had distributed five million pamphlets explaining ways to cope with millennium bug problems.

They recommended emergency lighting and portable radios in case of problems, he said, even though the three main power supply bodies were fully prepared to deal with any glitches.

He said 31 government agencies responsible for key public services would all be millennium compliant by the year-end.

The Nation said previous surveys had found 68 percent of government offices to be compliant. Recently, Thai airlines had contemplated grounding all of its flights on New Year's Eve because of low bookings and Y2K fears. Many airlines have done the same.

DATE: 11/23/99

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