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OCR: FASHION according to Chi- rakitti Tang, pre- sident of the Thai Diamond Manufac- turers Association, is the only major stumbling block to the establish- ment of Bangkok as Asia's world centre for diamonds. JILSANDER Others prominent in the industry agree. "The VAT is causing the gem market to drop and is Nº 4 scaring investors to neighbouring countries," says Viroj. Nelson Alexander, a AREUM gemmologist whose family has been in the business in Bangkok since 1944, agrees that both government and industry need to break out of the current deadlock if the industry is to proceed forward. HIX HEN PEACEANE N'A. "Everything is in place," he N.º 4 says, "but we need the co- Available at : Tangs and Tangs Studo operation of the government Marketed by Edgray Marketing Pte Ltd to help eliminate the red