The riseinforeignreserves, accumulated through the MoF's heavyfxintervention in 2003, contributed to the increase in overseasbondinvestment, mounting to 32.6% of overall bond investment.
The flow of Chinese investmentoverseas and investment in China by foreign multinationals will, if history is a guide, spur still more trade between China and others.
Thailand is an attractive destination for overseasinvestment, and foreign companies, particularly Japanese ones fleeing a strong yen, have been badly disrupted.
As major clubs continue to grow commercially with overseas tours and increased foreigninvestment, they risk alienating themselves domestically from the leagues that they are supposed to be tied the closest to.