Popular Post webfact Posted November 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2023 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 Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2023-11-29 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted November 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2023 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! 4 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikebell Posted November 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2023 Jacko don't forget the dogs. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted November 29, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2023 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). Glazer family 'set to snub Sir Bobby Charlton's funeral with Man United's owners fearing abuse from fans could overshadow the service', and other top stories from November 13, 2023. 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. Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-29 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nickcage49 Posted November 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2023 I could make so many comments. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post caughtintheact Posted November 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2023 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. 3 2 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Ray Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phitsanulokjohn Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 The Everly Brothers song "DREAM" for some reason springs to mind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guderian Posted November 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2023 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? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 5 hours ago, mikebell said: Jacko don't forget the dogs. 2-legged or 4-legged variety? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Henry Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Will be relying heavily on AI.Not their people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqoop Posted November 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2023 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. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 I thought it was a province, not a city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark17AA Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Commercial/Residential Hub” project. There its is, that word again, I was worried it would not be mentioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Use of the word Smart! No mention of improving education Now that is real smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paymaster Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) 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? Edited November 29, 2023 by Enoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthegimp Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) 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. Edited November 29, 2023 by Bobthegimp Addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mran66 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 A question for those intelligent philosophers with outstanding deduction skills: Is it possible, even in theory, to have smart city in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddox41 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Thailand smart and Chonburi can think of what it is and will it will be like by 2037 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caughtintheact Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MangoKorat Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 This is almost as funny as the planned 'Moon Mission' - I have no idea what they've been smoking but I want some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetops Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couchpotato Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Tongue Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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