Somkid outlines new tasks for economic and social development council

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Somkid outlines new tasks for economic and social development council

By THE NATION

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Wednesday (December 25) assigned new tasks to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) to push forward the economy.

 

They have been asked to work with related state agencies to draw up plans for the next phase of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development, including plans to protect the environment and boost the incomes of people in the EEC.

 

The council will have to work closely with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to design packages to solve the poverty problem and reduce the debt of people.

 

Moreover, it has to work with the Board of Investment (BOI) to create new tax incentive packages to create new economic activities.

 

Somkid also wants the council to seek ways to solve the debt problem of small and medium-sized enterprises.

 

He also told the council to work with related ministries to draw up a human resource development plan.

 

He added that the council and the BOI should work together to seek ways to boost the tourism sector to enable it to absorb the workforce laid off from the industrial sector.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30379828

 

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[PatOngo]

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

The council will have to work closely with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to design packages to solve the poverty problem and reduce the debt of people.

Look no further than stamping out corruption!.....Ha ha, just joking......carry on as normal!

[holy cow cm]

They started giving out nicknames again the other day and I would have thought his would have been Somsquid.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Somkid also wants the council to seek ways to solve the debt problem of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Is he so thick to not know that his government and the cronies that came into it created the debt?

[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Somkid also wants the council to seek ways to solve the debt problem of small and medium-sized enterprises.

I doubt that he'll like the answer of lowering the baht !

[DLock]

He just looks sad, completely overwhelmed and about to cry.

 

...and what he just said was meaningless drivel of everyone before him, and everyone after.

 

Fail.

[sammieuk1]

Somkid also wants the council to seek ways to solve the debt problem of small and medium-sized enterprises. - resign????

[Srikcir]

On 12/26/2019 at 3:20 AM, webfact said:

draw up plans for the next phase of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development, including plans to protect the environment

Usually a plan to protect the environment is the FIRST phase of development.

In the case of the EEC that was initiated by Article 44 several years ago by Prayut, any environmental assessment by law was waived much to the consternation of local authorities and the public at large (typically farmers?). As the EEC development has been enshrined in the NCPO-drafted 2017 Constitution by the NCPO as part of its 20-year National Strategy Plan, its development has already been "set in concrete."

Don't expect any plans for the EEC now to deviate much from the NCPO's original intent.

 

[JAG]

On 12/26/2019 at 3:20 AM, webfact said:

He added that the council and the BOI should work together to seek ways to boost the tourism sector to enable it to absorb the workforce laid off from the industrial sector.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30379828

Another straw floats past, assorted government economic planners clutching at it!