Local economy most urgent issue for provincial govt: poll

Community-level economic development is the most urgent issue for new provincial administration organisations (PAOs) to tackle following the elections of PAO chairmen and council members on Dec 20, according to an opinion poll conducted by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.

The survey was conducted online on 1,059 eligible voters throughout the country from Nov 5-12 to compile their opinions on the first PAO elections in six years.

A huge majority of the respondents — 74.23% — said the elections would affect their lives, with 38.81% saying they were very important to them and 35.32% rating them moderately important. Another 20.50% said they paid little attention to them, while…