BANGKOK. Dec 11: Declining interest rates and rising job security among Thai workers will fuel a rebound in domestic car sales in 1999. a local paper quoted the head of the Thai unit of Japan's Toyota Motor Corp as saying, reports AP.

Yoshiaki Muramatsu said in an interview with the Bangkok Post that he expects Toyota's sales in Thailana to increase by 33 per cent to 180,000 vehicles in 1999 from 135.000 this year.

Japanese companies dominate local car sales, and Toyota leads the pack with 30 per cent market share. Thailand is the largest automobile producer in Southeast Asia.