PM Prayut says Thailand aiming to become a high income country in 17 years

[Scott]

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[300sd]

High income country!

 

I think he is planning on doing this with pyramid schemes. How else?

[spidermike007]

No doubt he meant a huge income country for the army and the police franchisees, if they are able to cling to power. That looks doubtful. They are despised by the people and especially the youth, who will eventually oust them. They are beyond useless to the nation, and as far as I can see, are doing absolutely nothing to benefit the common Thai. 

[meechai]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

PM says Thailand aiming to become a high income country in 17 years

My decoder ring translates this to say Prayut has not plans of stepping down anytime soon.

[mickey rat]

Oh boy, another 17 years of Prayut Chan-o-cha as PM. The future looks bright. 

[boonrawdcnx]

 

This fool has no idea what he is talking about - becoming a high income country without a world class educational system, major research facilities and innovation is virtually impossible and I have yet to see the innovative cutting edge products / services Thailand provides to the rest of the world.

Thailand’s (foreign owned) large industries only survive on cheap labor and other incentives it provides to the multi nationals- if it becomes to expensive they move on. Every opportunity to change this status quo has been missed over the last 30+ years.

The United Nations has projected that the share of people older than 65 years of age in Thailand will increase from 10.5% of the total population in 2015 to 19.5% and 25.9% in 2030 and 2040 respectively.

Around 2030 - In a short 11 years Thailand will become a super-aged society - and has no idea so far how they are going to handle this challenge or care for the elderly - unless this fool thinks 500 Baht a month handouts are a the “high income” he is talking about.

The labor force will be heavily dependent on foreign workers from neighboring countries and this will pose additional challenges.

 

Thailand has not fully developed during the last 70 years ( Germany did not even take 20 years from the ashes of WWII) and with the unqualified and incompetent leadership, corruption, nepotism and most of all a failed corrupt judiciary Thailand will not manage do so in another 70 years.

 

He can talk all he wants anybody with a half a brain will see through this charade and see that the emperor has no clothes!

 

 

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[phantomfiddler]

15 hours ago, kevvy said:

how long have the Thai's been being paid 250/300 baht a day ? 17 years ...

And that,s more than a lot of them are worth ???? Not the students fault, but they must have one of the poorest educational systems on the planet, starting with being taught from a VERY early age that they are superior beings to those from other countries !

This itself becomes a major handicap when it becomes patently obvious that they are incredibly ignorant of the world around them, extremely xenophobic, and often emerge from university knowing almost nothing. No wonder anyone with money sends their children abroad to study.

[miamiman123]

“Thai people will share equally in the coming fruits”

some will only get Tang Mo!

whose he kidding ? 

[Prairieboy]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand is aiming to become a country with high average income

It could happen much sooner if corruption at all levels was eliminated; if military spending, to defend against a non-existent enemy, was curtailed, and if wealth disparity was eliminated.

[RichardColeman]

 

15 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand is aiming to become a country with high average income in the next 17 years, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told his audience at a hotel in New York yesterday.

There is a family down the soi from me, that like many live from collecting bottles, plastic and tins. Without new jobs, his plans will make them homeless if he puts up the wages of the workers in the recycle plants and they are forced to pay for their collection for recycling like most other countries. But hey, they are far too poor to worry about.

[meechai]

A funny thing none ever notice including the people themselves who want to raise their incomes is the

knock on effect.

 

Right now folks in Thailand with their lower wages or incomes as farmers etc can go to a Talad & get a bunch of things for 40-80 baht

They can save & actually build or have built a decent small home in the village for 500k baht

 

Tourist can come to Thailand & stay in hotels for 500-1000 baht a night

Eat a pretty good meal with some beers for 1000 baht

 

That is with Thailand as is it is now

 

Raise incomes to $100 a day as in most western countries & guess what else changes? Everything

Now the high earners pay much much more for everything & probably get less

 

So despite all their rage they are still just rats in a cage running on that endless spinning wheel

 

[thailand49]

He is way ahead of his own schedule. 

[Damrongsak]

8 minutes ago, boonrawdcnx said:

This fool has no idea what he is talking about - ...

Yes Mr. PM, do something positive and talk about it later.  Tell people what you've done, not what you'd like to do.  If, indeed, you'd like to do anything. 

[rtco]

Would that be DECLARED or UNDECLARED income I wonder?

[Damrongsak]

12 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

 

There is a family down the soi from me, that like many live from collecting bottles, plastic and tins. Without new jobs, his plans will make them homeless if he puts up the wages of the workers in the recycle plants and they are forced to pay for their collection for recycling like most other countries. But hey, they are far too poor to worry about.

My sis-in-law across the street from our house  is a part-time junk dealer.  They get by. 

 

[30la]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

In his address to a lunch meeting, hosted by the Asia Society for Executives and foreign media, the Prime Minister said that, during the past five years, his government has set the foundations needed to drive the country forward with the objective of making Thailand a high-income country, in which all Thai people will share equally in the fruits of development and none will be left behind.

These are the words of a person who defends a friend who owns watches worth millions!
In the last five years you have failed to give 100 Baht more per day to the workers, if we average between those up there who earn millions, and the people who barely survive, well the average is already high!

[MaxLee]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

PM says Thailand aiming to become a high income country in 17 years

[Vacuum]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand is aiming to become a country with high average income in the next 17 years, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told his audience

The guy on the left thought that was funny.

 

[reargunnerph3]

16 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

That is an interesting statement to make to a bunch of HiSo people, some of whom are looking for a place to manufacture goods in a low cost environment.

They import Burmese, Laos and Cambodian workers because they're even cheaper than cheap Thai workers

[Time Traveller]

16 hours ago, SmartyMarty said:

????????????????????  you couldn't write this stuff.

I guess you must be new to thailand. Thai leaders have been saying things like this for the last 30 years. We've heard all this before and no one really pays too much attention to political rhetoric like this. 

 

It is possible, but it's not likely. It's possible if the whole structure of the country is destroyed and re-created to allow wealth creation to flourish. But it's not likely because the government seeks to exert complete control over every aspect of society above all else.

[Eligius]

12 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

He won't be around in 17 years so he can say whatever he wants.

You are right, Bwpage3 (above).

But he says just whatever he wants anyway. He can (and does) speak the most outrageous things, and no one will challenge him. Certainly not the fawning press or 'interviewers'.

 

When you are a steam-roller and you have a load of ants beneath you (in his eyes), you really don't care about any little squeaks that might issue from their minuscule mouths.

 

Prayut and his controllers can do just what the hell they please. 

 

BECAUSE NO ONE IS GOING TO STOP THEM: THE LAST 6 YEARS HAVE ABUNDANTLY PROVEN THAT!

 

 

 

[Rick1812]

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[varun]

What is he talking about, it is already high income.
Last night at Mixx, I was quoted for ST in USD

[johnny49r]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

He told the audience about what the previous government, also under his leadership, had done to improve the livelihoods of the majority of the Thai people, to reduce social and economic disparity, to amend many regulations and enact laws to facilitate investment by Thai and foreign investors and to resolve the problem of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, among others.

If the PM could speak the truth:

"He told the audience about what the previous government, forcibly imposed under his direction, had done to erode the livelihoods of the Thai people, to increase the gap between the people and the elite, to amend many regulations and enact laws to insure his continued rule, to discourage investment by Thai and foreign investors and destroy tourism, and to ignore the problem of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing while increasing military spending."

Sound about right?

[Eligius]

4 hours ago, jerojero said:

There are exaggerations, lies and whoppers. This is a super sized whopper!

Yes, Jerojero - indeed: there are exaggerations, lies, and whoppers.

And then there is PRAYUT!!

[Bob12345]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

during the past five years, his government has set the foundations needed to drive the country forward

Lol, and the past 10 years that i have been sitting on the couch growing a belly and doing nothing were actually 10 years in which i set the foundation for a world empire and laid the foundation to move humankind forward.

[PEE TEE]

This is great news . In 17 years i will 88 so my 25 year old massage girlfriend will be able to take care of me much better than now .  only as long as she is faithful to me or i will finish with her . 

[Dogmatix]

You had better do something more for education for ordinary folk rather than rote learning, saluting the flag and stealing or wasting most of the bloated education ministry budget. You won’t get into higher valued added industries without a well educated work force capable of reading English or some other language in which a broad spectrum of information is available. This economic vision is not going to happen while only the children of Chinese merchants and corrupt civil servants and politicians have access to education. There are too few of them.

[kentrot]

QHOTED

He told the audience about what the previous government, also under his leadership, had done to improve the livelihoods of the majority of the Thai people, to reduce social and economic disparity ...................

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All I see (as a 16 year resident with 'family' in Korat) is a bigger GAP between the elite and the poor.

 

As one member previously posted  , how can Prayut keep a straight face when he says this ? Sounds like he has been taking lessons from Trump. Just say what you think they want to hear and maybe it will be true. Or not.

 

 

[Henryford]

"share equally", tell that to the thais working 70 hour weeks for under 300 baht a day