PM meets with young scientists to discuss national development

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 November 2018 (NNT) - Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha met with 500 young scientists to discuss collaboration in research for national development agendas. 

The new scientists are participating in a campaign for science-led national development. They said Thailand’s strength lies in its biodiversity, unique culture and way of life, along with natural environments that accommodate research and innovation. 

However, inadequate support for the sciences has cost the country valuable personnel. The group asked that the government pledge its support for scientists, while identifying four high-potential areas for research -- food, public health, energy and security. 

Gen Prayut said scientists will be a key driver of Thailand’s development over the next 20 years. He called on old and new scientists to work together to identify goals and produce research that meets the country’s commercial and environmental needs. Most importantly, they must learn from the country’s past mistakes, in order to escape poverty and avoid social conflict.

 

-- nnt 2018-11-01

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

Gen Prayut said scientists will be a key driver of Thailand’s development over the next 20 years.

What an innovative development, maybe the west will pick up on this and follow suit! 

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

Most importantly, they must learn from the country’s past mistakes, in order to escape poverty and avoid social conflict.

Most of Thailand’s past are military governments. They created poverty to maintain their dominance and instigated social conflicts to stay in power. I hope Thailand learn those lessons. 

He would be well and truly out of his depth at that meeting. He would be limited to talking in cliches and asking rhetorical questions.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He called on old and new scientists to work together to identify goals and produce research that meets the country’s commercial and environmental needs.

More utterly meaningless platitudes from Prayuth, the platitude master. How this guy got his BSC I'll never know, unless maybe he wrote a thesis on the similarities between his own hot air and bovine excrement. ????

Edited November 1, 20187 yr by Ossy
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4 minutes ago, Ossy said:

 How this guy got his BSC I'll never know ????

 

How? easy, money.

All the brightest leave 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Gen Prayut said scientists will be a key driver of Thailand’s development over the next 20 years.

In the next 20 years they will invent what the West have been using the past 50 years

5 hours ago, webfact said:

They said Thailand’s strength lies in its biodiversity, unique culture and way of life, along with natural environments that accommodate research and innovation.

Sure, one could easily say that Thailand is the hub of research and innovation. Keep on spinning.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Most importantly, they must learn from the country’s past mistakes, in order to escape poverty and avoid social conflict.

Says the bloke who led the latest in a long line of military coup's over the last 70/80 odd yrs .. You might say they haven't learnt in that respect .. 

I thought the Big Guy had a new spokesman to stop the gaffs and stupid talk.

Must be on a Holiday someplace.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He called on old and new scientists to work together

With what to do what ?  There isn't the resources.  Other countries invite foreigner entrepreneurs and tech workers.  When was the last time the Thai government made you feel welcomed ?  US Tech firms rely heavily on foreign help.  Where is Thailand's Elon Musk?  Slurs and bad behavior aside.  He did start Paypal.  The xenophobic nationalism is not going to make Thailand competitive, just the opposite is going to happen,  The article delicately pointed out that the grand hooha is just blowing smoke.  If you are motivated, leave Thailand.  Find a place that wants idea and problems solved, because all you will get in Thailand is TALK.

Edited November 1, 20187 yr by yellowboat

7 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Most of Thailand’s past are military governments. They created poverty to maintain their dominance and instigated social conflicts to stay in power. I hope Thailand learn those lessons. 

Adding, that they continue [for decades] to extend the contradictory fantasy of development/advancement by their repressive standards. 

 

Thainess compounds the already expected rhetoric.

2 hours ago, Redline said:

All the brightest leave 

Or....are forced to leave. Exiled in hundreds of instances.

Within the arts, letters, and lesser scientific communities.

 

One step forward, two steps back

Oh my.....smart young people meeting with Prayuth?......what could go wrong?

the inventor of a Thai invention called "duty free" just died so a big set back.

7 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Most of Thailand’s past are military governments. They created poverty to maintain their dominance and instigated social conflicts to stay in power. I hope Thailand learn those lessons. 

This is the most eye opening true statement l have ever read. Yes there are the issue period

7 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

 

Here he goes with his 20 year crap again lol. You will be long gone and all your crap binned lol

Takes bout 15 seconds to get through, red bull and the supposed Ebola discovery seem to top the list, such as it is

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Thai_inventions_and_discoveries

13 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

smart young people meeting with Prayuth?......what could go wrong?

I'll bet it wasn't their idea. Thailand's Mr Social-Conflict-Personified is enough to deter any talent from setting up camp in what Prayuth and his motley crew have managed to turn into a scientific dump. Little more could possibly go wrong.

On 11/1/2018 at 12:02 AM, Cadbury said:

He would be well and truly out of his depth at that meeting. He would be limited to talking in cliches and asking rhetorical questions.

I believe the plan is to present the image that he will be committed to the sciences in hopes to persuade the educated youth to support him with the expectation that the rest of the younger population will follow their lead. 

15 minutes ago, chama said:

I believe the plan is to present the image that he will be committed to the sciences in hopes to persuade the educated youth to support him with the expectation that the rest of the younger population will follow their lead. 

Don't expect too much. He is committed to nothing more than his own self glorification.

On 11/1/2018 at 9:57 AM, webfact said:

The new scientists are participating in a campaign for science-led national development. They said Thailand’s strength lies in its biodiversity, unique culture and way of life, along with natural environments that accommodate research and innovation. 

 

I am at a loss to understand how a unique culture helps fuel scientific advancement.  If anything, cultural moorings retard development because sacred oxen are always at risk of being gored.  

 

And where are these "natural environments that accommodate research and innovation"?  

 

Of course, research isn't going anywhere until STEM students in the university's graduate department can read and comprehend current research, which is almost all in English.

 

Lots of hurdles there.