Popular Post snoop1130 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister says Thailand must guide businesses to the "Unicorn" level, and prepare the country for a future of digital technology General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Prime Minister and Defense Minister, was speaking about three initiatives to drive Thailand towards a digital economy and create more economic opportunities, firstly, by building technology and digital infrastructure, including Big Data infrastructure. The second initiative, is to strengthen the local digital economy under the model of a Bio, Circular, and Green (BCG) Economy and finally, to develop human resources, and prep them for challenges in the "Next Normal" era. The Prime Minister stresses Thailand has thr opportunity to use this challenge, to raise standards in businesses across the country to Unicorn level, and expand internationally. The statement made by the Prime Minister is a response to proposals made by students from the 63th class of the Thailand National Defense College; Joint War College, and the War Colleges of the three armed forces. Presenting the results of the their study, the presentation is also about how to drive the country forward under the 20 year national strategy where the students place importance on two aspects, security and technology. Besides laying foundations for technology infrastructure and telecommunication systems, the 20-year national strategy also includes developing public services, for the convenience of the people, in line with the Sustainable Economy Philosophy of King Rama 9 and the Royal Command of His Majesty the King Rama 10, to implement the philosophy for the wellbeing of the people, the Prime Minister said. -- © Copyright NNT 2021-09-09 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will B Good Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Unicorn level..........is that even better than level 5? 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaveE13 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Will B Good said: Unicorn level..........is that even better than level 5? Just above Dinosaur level. The little fat man being the chairman 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will B Good Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 25 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: The Prime Minister says Thailand must guide businesses to the "Unicorn" level Thamanat has slipped him something....a little going away present in his tea? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mark131v Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) Oooh goody another proclamation from the great leader the Thai's are so lucky to have such an experienced proclaimer pity he is totally <deleted> at bringing his proclamations to reality.... unicorns, fffs he is a special one... Edited September 9, 2021 by mark131v 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrPhibes Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Dear Mr PM, this is not how unicorns work. Too many movies during lock down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Look at who is driving this: Thailand National Defense College; Joint War College, and the War Colleges of the three armed forces. They obviously anticipate being in control for the next 20 years! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 His english seems to be worse than mine. He wanted to say "unique". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Unicorn level is where your impaled by a single spike up the jack crack judging by the photo we are still currently at the 6 headed dog level and will be for some time ???? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhaoYai Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Yes, and as we all know, the Unicorn was a mythical creature - need I say more? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Cipher Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Just to chime in, "Unicorn" in investing is slang to refer to a private company worth USD $1billion+. More full definition here. What the PM is probably trying to say here is that he wants Thailand to be able to incubate and nurture startup champions. Which I think is a good goal, but is easier said than done. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) Ah, somebody has been watching "30 Rock", taking Jack Donaghy's advice as real-world business acumen... Will they copy the slogan: "We have a magic horse"? Also, will the prime minister strive to be a succesfull business leader such as Kathy Geiss? Stay tuned... Edited September 9, 2021 by StayinThailand2much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rott Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, The Cipher said: Just to chime in, "Unicorn" in investing is slang to refer to a private company worth USD $1billion+. More full definition here. What the PM is probably trying to say here is that he wants Thailand to be able to incubate and nurture startup champions. Which I think is a good goal, but is easier said than done. And the term was first used by the founder of Cowboy Ventures. Could have been worse, could have been Cowboy Dentures. Edited September 9, 2021 by rott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rampant Rabbit Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Rocking horse poo is more likely 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Someone has been playing too much Diablo 3 !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkg Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 4 hours ago, The Cipher said: Just to chime in, "Unicorn" in investing is slang to refer to a private company worth USD $1billion+. More full definition here. What the PM is probably trying to say here is that he wants Thailand to be able to incubate and nurture startup champions. Which I think is a good goal, but is easier said than done. Thailand does currently have one unicorn out of the 800 or so out there: Quote Flash Express $1 Billion 2/1/2021 Thailand Bangkok Supply chain, logistics, & delivery SCB 10X, Krungsri Finnovate, eWTP Capital https://www.cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies Information brought to you by nkg's "Fascinating Facts" service ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post candide Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 9 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The second initiative, is to strengthen the local digital economy under the model of a Bio, Circular, and Green (BCG) Economy and finally, to develop human resources, and prep them for challenges in the "Next Normal" era What about the model of Durable, Information, Circular, and Knowledge (DICK) economy? ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 7 hours ago, herfiehandbag said: Look at who is driving this: Thailand National Defense College; Joint War College, and the War Colleges of the three armed forces. They obviously anticipate being in control for the next 20 years! As they have for the last several decades. Militarism is subconsciously associated with most everything. How charming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CrunchWrapSupreme Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, The Cipher said: Just to chime in, "Unicorn" in investing is slang They love hopping on the buzzword bandwagon. Startups and SMEs. Even among my wife, her friends, and my Thai coworkers, who are by no means business tycoons, the English words "franchise" and "renovate" are frequently uttered. They've certainly got the dreams, but walking the walk and talking the talk are entirely different. They're in definite need of some fresh new ideas. Amongst big business here, their ideas of late have only been: 1) Cleaning up on Covid fire sales to further monopolies 2) Delivery services 3) Apps 4) Ridiculous points schemes. Amongst regular folks looking to dip their feet in business, the ideas I've heard have only been: 1) Online selling, usually cheap import, night market stuff. Have you seen Lazada Live? Gee, the amazing new technology brings the hawker to you, in stunning clarity, screaming at you to buy while ringing bells and honking horns. Aside from that there are the old standbys: 2) Coffee shop 3) Noodle shop 4) Franchise, good luck with that being next door to the inevitable CP affiliate. Edited September 9, 2021 by CrunchWrapSupreme 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ronster Posted September 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2021 I swear they are having a competition and the winner who makes up the biggest pile of nonsense gets to be in charge ! ???????????????? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Will B Good said: Unicorn level..........is that even better than level 5? Would that be Mathayom 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 50 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Would that be Mathayom 5? You've lost me....been try to find the advert that uses the line...Level 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 The only unicorns in this fantasy world are the sycophants fawning over him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 1 hour ago, ronster said: I swear they are having a competition and the winner who makes up the biggest pile of nonsense gets to be in charge ! ???????????????? Um......that's how politics works the world over. The biggest liar wins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Thailand the hub of Unicorns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 As always, nothing concrete, nothing immediate, nothing important, nothing detailed, nothing actually doing. Just important-sounding words someone gave him to toss out, slowly drifting away in the wind, forgotten tomorrow, or, more likely, five minutes from now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Swagman Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Absolutely appropriate terminology........the Unicorn is mythical, after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post poskat Posted September 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2021 "General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Prime Minister and Defense Minister, was speaking about three initiatives to drive Thailand towards a digital economy and create more economic opportunities, firstly, by building technology and digital infrastructure, including Big Data infrastructure." big talk for a guy whose government cant even produce functioning websites for things as mundane/trivial as the 90-day report 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 First thing they should do is put int he data protection laws if they want to succeed in IT. Security is bad as all the recent hacks show. How can a country be good at ICT when its security is far below par. They never seem to point out their weaknesses but go on sprouting nonsense and almost miracle like best case scenarios. A bit more reality would not hurt. But then again this what all Thai officials do, reality is not important making exceptional unrealistic projections is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 PM definitely needs to get out of the...'driving them out of business'...business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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