Bangkok--31 Jan--SET As part of its investor base expansion strategy, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and participating securities firms are continuing with their successful SET Visit program and another investment promotion, the online trading simulation competition: SET Click2WIN. The SET Visit workshops, conducted by brokerage staff, provide participants with direct, professional advice, Mr. Vichate Tantiwanich, SET executive vice president, said. “Over the past two years, the program has been very successful, with nearly 8,000 participants from various corporations in Thailand. Potential investors numbered 5,634 of which 1,271, or 22.56%, opened trading accounts. This indicates that many people are interested in investing and they need time to become better informed. Feedback from the 21 securities firms participating in the program has been very positive and all wish to continue their involvement,” Mr. Vichate added. The Savings Guarantee Institution legislation, to come into effect in mid-2008, provides people with an added motivation to discover how to better manage their savings. Under this law, government support for savings deposits will decrease over five years. Currently, interest on savings is about 0.5 — 3.5% and inflation is between 3 and 5%. However, stock investment returns in 2007, as measured by the SET Index, were about 26% on average. Obviously, the public needs to examine the new ways of putting their savings to work.SET Visit occurs each month and applications for SET Click2WIN open in April.Attachment to SET news no. 11/2008List of participating securities firms in SET Visit1. ACL Securities Co., Ltd.2. Adkinson Securities PCL3. Asia Plus Securities PCL4. Ayudhya Securities PCL5. Bualuang Securities PCL6. BT Securities Co., Ltd.7. Capital Nomura Securities PCL8. DBS Vickers Securities (Thailand) Co., Ltd.9. Finansa Securities Limited10. KGI Securities (Thailand) PCL11. Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) PCL12. Kiatnakin Securities Co., Ltd.13. Kasikorn Securities PCL14. Phillip Securities (Thailand) PCL15. SCB Securities Co., Ltd.16. Seamico Securities PCL17. Siam City Securities Co., Ltd.18. Syrus Securities PCL19. Thanachart Securities PCL20. Trinity Securities Co., Ltd.21. TISCO Securities Co., Ltd.