Thailand in hurry to put flood defences in place

In order to prevent a repeat of last year's flood disaster, Thailand is urged by the companies to implement water management schemes quickly, report AlertNet.

"Flood-affected companies and industrial estates are doing what they can to defend themselves better, but of course we can't do it entirely without the government's help," Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, chairwoman of Toshiba Corporation's Thai unit, said.

"If the factories and industrial estates are safe from floods but our staff's homes are submerged, they won't be able to come to work anyway. We need the government to support us," Kobkarn added.