BANGKOK, April 21 – In the aftermath of major quakes last week which struck Indonesia and recent minor quakes centered at Thailand’s southern resort island of Phuket, Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit on Saturday affirmed that the Thai government is well prepared to handle earthquakes with clear emergency plans.

The deputy premier gave assurances as he stood in for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, currently on an official trip to Japan on the premier’s weekly televised programme “Yingluck Government Meets the People.”

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