PM orders analysis to tackle national poverty

[Jonathan Fairfield]

PM orders analysis to tackle national poverty

 

 

Prime Minister Payuth Chan-o-cha has ordered related governing agencies to analyse poverty data in every province for an “on-point” solution plan, government spokesman Narumon Pinyosinwat said on Thursday.

 

This sustainable poverty solution has to focus on four factors – access to basic needs, improvement in the quality of life, provide careers, and investment. Solutions have be designed to suit each area. 

 

The result of a rough analysis divides provinces into four groups:

 

Q1 – a strong economy in 29 provinces (green coloured): support for living expenses;

Q2 – a quite strong economy in eight provinces (light blue): develop careers and provide jobs;

Q3 – a lack of machinery in seven provinces (blue): improve people’s quality of life; 

Q4 – a poor economy in 20 provinces (orange and yellow), where both careers and life quality need to be improved, as well as 12 poverty-stricken provinces (red) that need development on all four fronts.

 

Besides the low income database, the prime minister also suggested using the Human Achievement Index to create solutions to overcome poverty, with equality of human development in every province.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375559

 

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[Brigand]

Lol, he actually needs to have it analyzed to figure it out. It is stunningly obvious. How about making a fairer society that gives people a chance to work hard and get out of the poverty trap and break the cycle for their offspring? Stop the 1% from owning close to everything and driving further into the ground everyone who is not lucky by birth right. A re-balance of the social justice scales is long overdue PM and releasing feel-good news statements like this just doesn't cut it. If you really cared your puppet masters would have you sidelined and replaced.  

Edited August 29, 2019 by Brigand

[mok199]

Corrupt over supply of cival servants + their friends and family = national poverty.

[garyk]

Two weeks tops and it will be cleared up... 

 

[sammieuk1]

What does Mr 2.3bn know about poverty come in a new armoured truck and look at the abject poverty of biblical proportions that's in every town in the land ????

[djayz]

Another "order"?! 

This guy's dishing them out almost daily! 

[Dave67]

Not very imaginative really why choose blue and light blue when there are so many other colours chose from. Maybe they are the only 4 crayons that Prawit has in his shoe box under the bed with his deceased mates watches in it as well

[smedly]

6 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

PM orders

Prime Ministers don't "order" they lead and work on solutions 

 

Orders are issued in the military - stand to attention...……………..make the baht go down lol

[smedly]

I order a Big Mac - is that the same 

 

so confused ????

[Chazar]

6 hours ago, mok199 said:

Corrupt over supply of cival servants + their friends and family = national poverty.

Too many police by 100% same army navy airforce top brass. all govt depts..............but there  will be NO change there guaranteed

[Chazar]

1 hour ago, Dave67 said:

Not very imaginative really why choose blue and light blue when there are so many other colours chose from. Maybe they are the only 4 crayons that Prawit has in his shoe box under the bed with his deceased mates watches in it as well

you think he can draw?

[jerojero]

What's to analyze? Stop spending billions extra on the military and pour it into social programs.

[jerojero]

Still thinks he has power of Coup?

Another "order"?! 
This guy's dishing them out almost daily! 

[yellowboat]

Analysis:  No jobs.  No meaningful development.  No competitive education.

[PatOngo]

12 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

Analysis:  No jobs.  No meaningful development.  No competitive education.

Ah but they have submarines, APC's and tanks to improve the quality of life of the people. Poverty is a small price to when you have "security". (hungry emoji)

[Cadbury]

11 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

PM orders analysis to tackle national poverty

The analysis has already been done. Thailand is the most unequal country in the world. 1% of the population own 67% of the wealth. The other 99% own only 33% of the wealth. 

The solution is simple; transfer some of the wealth from the 1% to the 99%.

But there is a problem. He has not been made Prime Minister by the filthy rich elite to take their money away from them and give it to the poor. His brief is to protect their money and grow it.

[fxe1200]

16 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

The analysis has already been done. Thailand is the most unequal country in the world. 1% of the population own 67% of the wealth. The other 99% own only 33% of the wealth. 

The solution is simple; transfer some of the wealth from the 1% to the 99%.

But there is a problem. He has not been made Prime Minister by the filthy rich elite to take their money away from them and give it to the poor. His brief is to protect their money and grow it.

You sound like Bernie Sanders, but you are right.

[boonrawdcnx]

Here is my “analysis” in a nutshell PM - poor substandard education, incompetent leadership, greed and endemic corruption.

Is there any part of government and civil service that is not thieving and corrupt in this country?

I have yet to find one!

Hell even the NACC is corrupt in this country.

The poor education that people have received in this country on purpose is coming back to bite the country big time over the next 20-30 years.
With Thailand becoming a super-aged society in 2030 without a proper social security system in place a national disaster is looming and it seems the government has no clue how to deal with it.



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[Fex Bluse]

Thai-Chinese elite socioeconomic model (according to some):

 

1. convince the people that the rich are so because of some divine birthright or because they have done well in past lives

 

2. keep 95% of the population at such a low education that they cannot think for themselves

 

3. instill from young and aggressively reinforce xenophobia

 

4. regularly convince the population that you, the rich elite, are protecting them from the evil 'outsiders'

 

5. if any ideas are encountered that challenge the status quo (like western thought), quickly and aggressively squash the influence by pushing people out

 

6. utilize networks of corruption and influence to build wealth

 

Easy actually and the Sino-Thais have done a magnificent job of it.

Edited August 30, 2019 by Fex Bluse

[robjohns458]

The goverment has to start some where.  It is amazing how critical folks are regardless of what and how they try to make changes and perhaps improvements.  Thailand is still a developing country and as with all developing countries there will be corruption and mistakes made. It isn't as though countries like the USA are not without their own warts and corruption. 

Edited August 30, 2019 by robjohns458

[cmsally]

You forgot 7. which would be create and develop an over bloated and subservient bureaucracy to keep a large section of the population in check (ie employed by it) and the rest so buried under paperwork they won't have time to rebel.

They have now developed this into a 2 pronged attack by introduction of the pay outs for the very bottom level.

Thereby controlling an even larger percentage of the population on the government payroll.

[manchega]

Well start with the real reason ol fifty watches has managed to become so wealthy as to have a watch that costs more than most Thai will ever earn in their lifetimes

[manchega]

30 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

Thai-Chinese elite socioeconomic model (according to some):

 

1. convince the people that the rich are so because of some divine birthright or because they have done well in past lives

 

2. keep 95% of the population at such a low education that they cannot think for themselves

 

3. instill from young and aggressively reinforce xenophobia

 

4. regularly convince the population that you, the rich elite, are protecting them from the evil 'outsiders'

 

5. if any ideas are encountered that challenge the status quo (like western thought), quickly and aggressively squash the influence by pushing people out

 

6. utilize networks of corruption and influence to build wealth

 

Easy actually and the Sino-Thais have done a magnificent job of it.

You forgot about give the people a religion so they don't think about the other necessary stuff, provide amulets, kiddy fiddling monks, embezzling monks and nuns etc.

[Isaanbiker]

10 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

What does Mr 2.3bn know about poverty come in a new armoured truck and look at the abject poverty of biblical proportions that's in every town in the land ????

Perhaps a little "sightseeing tour" in an armoured car will open his eyes?

 

Well, usually you've got to start at the top and here's the problem.

 

  Education is in no way helping people to find a job in one of the other ASEAN nations. Teachers and government officials right after the top.

 

  What about some solar panel and other factories in Isaan? 

 

  But he's got the best excuse in the world. He's not a politician. 

 

   

[Is this real]

#1:  Sell or cancel all new orders for Armored Personnel Carriers, Submarines, and all other Military hardware.  Place the billions (trillions) into hiring and operating a non-Thai educational system.

 

#2:  Actually support and promote a tourism industry.  Thailand has destroyed it the last few years causing huge unemployment

 

These two suggestions would bring in employment both short and long term.  Of course, they would also bring in new ideas and independent thinking about solutions.

[newatthis]

44 minutes ago, robjohns458 said:

The goverment has to start some where.  It is amazing how critical folks are regardless of what and how they try to make changes and perhaps improvements.  Thailand is still a developing country and as with all developing countries there will be corruption and mistakes made. It isn't as though countries like the USA are not without their own warts and corruption. 

I might agree with you if he hadn't had the last 5 years to deal with this problem and when he had all the S44 power etc. He did nothing until the end of last year when he decided to give handouts to the people solely for vote gathering.

This is all just postulating to convince himself and the people that he cares.

[BuckBee]

if he didn't spend so much on silk shirts and general rolex didn't spend out on all those watches they could of resolved the poverty lol, instead best they offer is low paid job washing buck bananas shirts and cleaning general rolex watch collection .
They money wasted on military equipment such as the ridiculous submarine deal further evidence they don't give a flip for average thai folk ....

[PatOngo]

25 minutes ago, Is this real said:

#1:  Sell or cancel all new orders for Armored Personnel Carriers, Submarines, and all other Military hardware.  Place the billions (trillions) into hiring and operating a non-Thai educational system.

 

#2:  Actually support and promote a tourism industry.  Thailand has destroyed it the last few years causing huge unemployment

 

These two suggestions would bring in employment both short and long term.  Of course, they would also bring in new ideas and independent thinking about solutions.

Yeah right!

#3 Promote TAT's latest tourist attraction. Flying pigs!

 

 

 

[Enzian]

How can this whole article exist without one single use of the word "education"? I actually approved of some of the things he did following the coup, but this is not looking good. IMHO this country needs to drop everything and spend 50 years competing for the best education in Asia, though I know the people at the bottom are as much part of the problem as those at the top. My girlfriend could not keep her son in school no matter what she did, and he is now working in a restaurant kitchen where he will be for the rest of his life, happy as a clam. These people need to break their chains, the ones inside and outside.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, mok199 said:

Corrupt over supply of cival servants + their friends and family = national poverty.

You got it in a nutshell...

The chosen few have access to everything while the poor remain poor !