Chonburi — The Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand (EECO) has unveiled an ambitious plan to transform parts of Chonburi into a global ‘Smart City’ by 2037 through its “Smart City and Commercial/Residential Hub” project.

The initiative will emphasize investments in medical innovation, workforce development, digital industries, aviation, logistics, food processing, high-income group tourism, and health tourism on the EEC’s new industry zone spanning 927.2 hectares, located near the U-Tapao airport.

 

The goal is to establish Chonburi as one of the world’s top 10 smart cities, with a projected investment of 535 billion baht over the next five years.

 

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

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The last adjective I would apply to say Pattaya City would be 'smart'.... 

Scruffy, decrepit and crumbling maybe. Sure, it is a fun place that looks better in the dark, but there is not a single building worth keeping, that has any historical or architectural merit! The roads are insufficient and in a miserable state of patchwork....there is litter a plenty and a polluted air....

Embark away!

Jacko don't forget the dogs.

26 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Jacko don't forget the dogs.

Central Pattaya isn't so bad in that respect... sure some packs here and there need to be addressed. I live somewhat out of town, and here we are having a lot of issues with them... we have a number of people who regularly feed them.  

Some transformation required for Pattaya, the hub of smart cities!

Chon Buri’s bright ambition: Aims to be top 10 smart city by 2037
by  Puntid Tantivangphaisal

 

Photo courtesy of Pattaya News

 

An ambitious vision to elevate Chon Buri into the league of top 10 smart cities globally by 2037 has been revealed by the Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand (EECO).

 

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This grand plan, termed the Smart City and Commercial/Residential Hub project, aims to metamorphose a vast expanse of 927.2 hectares in the vicinity of the U-Tapao Airport into a high-tech urban centre.

 

The project’s focal point is on infusing investments into a range of sectors, including medical innovation, digital industries, workforce development, aviation, and logistics. Additionally, it concentrates on food processing, high-income group tourism, and health tourism, thereby diversifying its industrial gamut.

The financial blueprint for this grand transformation has been meticulously chalked out. It is estimated that the project will attract a massive investment of 535 billion baht over the coming five years. Public-private partnerships are forecasted to chip in with 9.7% of the total funding, translating to approximately 51.98 billion baht.

 

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I could make so many comments.

This smells like a project of the World Economic Forum (WEF) (C40.org) and it will end up being a death trap where people are forced to eat bugs and live in mud based "homes", banned from eating meat or dairy, unable to travel, unable to own private transportation and only allowed to purchase 3 items of new clothing a year. Right now the WEF, UN, IMF and the EU are developing mandatory digital IDs, ESG scoring, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) like communist China to control every aspect of everyone's life. If people fall for this, they will end up slaves until they are no longer useful, then disposed of. 

I am not sure promoting health and group tourism within an industrial area is appropriate.

 

A good idea to promote import/export would be a free port area. Also I hope the Government will promote investment by giving tax breaks to investors as well as cracking down on corruption in the award of contracts and syphoning off of funds by officials. 
 

Without these incentives, who would want to invest there?

The Everly Brothers song "DREAM" for some reason springs to mind 

This probably just means installing a zillion new CCTV cameras that only work for a few weeks. How else will they make their beloved Chinese masters feel safe to visit Pattaya unless it starts to look like Beijing?

 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Chonburi — The Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand (EECO) has unveiled an ambitious plan to transform parts of Chonburi into a global ‘Smart City’ by 2037 through its “Smart City and Commercial/Residential Hub” project.

A lick of whitewash?

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

Jacko don't forget the dogs.

2-legged or 4-legged variety?

Will be relying heavily on AI.Not their people.

I worked on an NEC IT project for smart cities in 2018 from a big data perspective. It's all about AI and control. Edge of network AI based cameras to people count ( man/woman/child), vehicle monitoring, lamp post sensors  for chemical monitoring I.e. graffiti,  and real time crowd monitoring through for instance mobile mach addresses. Also end to end vehicle monitoring, parking spot to parking spot. I think it is a WEF programme which is of course a corporate organisation. 

I thought it was a province, not a city.

Commercial/Residential Hub” project.

 

There its is, that word again, I was worried it would not be mentioned.

Use of the word Smart!

No mention of improving  education 

Now that is real smart.

 

3 hours ago, phitsanulokjohn said:

The Everly Brothers song "DREAM" for some reason springs to mind 

Wasn't that Roy Orbison or is there another version?

As far I understood they are going to build an entire new city where everything is also tax free, casino's can operate, etc etc, near the UTP airport. So it is likely not that much about the existing Pattaya city itself.

3 hours ago, caughtintheact said:

This smells like a project of the World Economic Forum (WEF) (C40.org) and it will end up being a death trap where people are forced to eat bugs and live in mud based "homes", banned from eating meat or dairy, unable to travel, unable to own private transportation and only allowed to purchase 3 items of new clothing a year. Right now the WEF, UN, IMF and the EU are developing mandatory digital IDs, ESG scoring, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) like communist China to control every aspect of everyone's life. If people fall for this, they will end up slaves until they are no longer useful, then disposed of. 

 

It was forecast many years before the arrival of the WEF and your other demons.

 

It was always going to be.......

 

"Imagine, if you can, a small room, hexagonal in shape, like the cell of a bee. It is lighted neither by window nor by lamp, yet it is filled with a soft radiance. There are no apertures for ventilation, yet the air is fresh. There are no musical instruments, and yet, at the moment that my meditation opens, this room is throbbing with melodious sounds. An armchair is in the centre, by its side a reading-desk — that is all the furniture......."

The Machine Stops, E M Forster, 1909.

 

Where did you think the world was going?

 

 

4 hours ago, caughtintheact said:

only allowed to purchase 3 items of new clothing a year

 

I'm down with that, as long as I can get one of Klaus's Planet of the Apes tunics.  It looks like a cross between Roy Orbison and Dr. Zaius. 

A question for those intelligent philosophers with outstanding deduction skills:

 

Is it possible, even in theory, to have smart city in Thailand? 

 

 

 

Thailand smart and Chonburi can think of what it is and will  it will be like  by  2037  😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 

2 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

It was forecast many years before the arrival of the WEF and your other demons.

 

It was always going to be.......

 

 

 

 

Just because something was forecast doesn't necessarily mean it will come to pass. Many, if not most people haven't a clue of what is happening, so consider it a wake-up call. 

This is almost as funny as the planned 'Moon Mission' - I have no idea what they've been smoking but I want some.

8 hours ago, alien365 said:

I thought it was a province, not a city.

Chonburi city is the capital of Chonburi province.  Head north past Laem Chabang and Sriracha and you'll come across it.

25 minutes ago, treetops said:

Chonburi city is the capital of Chonburi province.  Head north past Laem Chabang and Sriracha and you'll come across it.

From Google maps I'd never have known. I guess I must have driven past it quite quickly on the motorway. 

13 minutes ago, alien365 said:

From Google maps I'd never have known. I guess I must have driven past it quite quickly on the motorway. 

Surely you can't really be that naive. Chonburi with its huge factory estates, Ang sila and BangSaen areas etc is a very large City.

20 hours ago, webfact said:

with a projected investment of 535 billion baht over the next five years.

That's all anyone needs to read.

Most of this will likely go to pay consulting firms run by relatives of local pols.

9 hours ago, couchpotato said:

Surely you can't really be that naive. Chonburi with its huge factory estates, Ang sila and BangSaen areas etc is a very large City.

Ang Sila, never heard of it. But I've been to Bang Saen and Sri Racha many times. I knew they were in Chonburi province, but not part of one city.