PM Urges Japan To Back Dawei Plan

[mca]

Good to hear Yingluck is making progress on solving Asias problems and the trip has resulted in a windfall of 6 billion yen.

Before Yingluck starts solving Asia's problems, she may want to consider solving Thailand problems first...

Yeap with this cash they may be able to buy the tablet computers they promised, implement the minumum wage of THB 300/day they promised, give all University graduates the THB 15000/m they promised and erradicate all drugs in Thailand by 2015 as they promised....

Come on, we can't knock her down every time. Give her some credit, she has represented Thailand on an international stage, has tied down a nice piece of short term investment whilst the dam in Myanmar will be a long term investment which should bring jobs and development to both Thailand and Myanmar. If she can get Japanese companies to offer skills training to SME;s even better.

I'm afraid there's no room for comments like these on this forum Jon. In future, when referring to the PM, kindly restrict yourself to the words clone, puppet or stupid.

[mca]

So on Sunday the PM is cap in hand begging financial backing for the project and the next day.........

Dawei Port in Doubt with Bangkok Hub Plan

Shaky plans for a US $50 billion oil port and industrial complex on Burma’s southeast coast at Dawei (Tavoy) are looking even more uncertain after Thailand disclosed that it is re-appraising its strategic trade transport infrastructure to look at domestic ports.

The change in focus was outlined by a senior government planner at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) conference in Bangkok. The meeting was to map out transport links as the 10-nation bloc moves closer to creating a single market.

http://www2.irrawadd...hp?art_id=23176

Hmmm also begs the question why isnt Yingluck at this meeting?

The Irrawady article was written on the 9th March.

ooops your right, my apologies forum and yingluck. Thanks for pionting that out phiphidon

Respect for being a man and apologising for your error waza rather than the usual TVF M.O. of wriggling like an oiled up conga eel upon having an error pointed out.

[waza]

Can someone please tell me how Thailand will benefit by spending billions of its people's money developing a competing country?

That is exactly the point, Thailand don't want to spend any money on the project, that is why they ask Japan and other SEA countries to invest in the project. ITD is going to Southkorea this month trying to find investors, it is no secret that ITD is close to the present government, but despite that not a single investmentbaht from the mainly government owned PTT. At the time the project was on the drawingtable, Myanmar was considered a pariah internationally, and would say yes to any investment, even if Dawei to 90% would be beneficionary to only Thailand. With it's new label as a "democracy" they have the luxury of investors lining up, and no doubt a deepseaport near Rangoon would be better for Myanmar. So for the Thai investors (RATCH & ITD) "democracy" came a little to early.

Also if you read the outdated news item I posted you will find that the profit margin of Italian-Thai Development is driving Thai government policy.

The Dawei project has been in limbo since the 4,000-megawatt coal plant was blocked and the Naypyidaw government cast doubt on using gas as an alternative fuel............ Italian-Thai Development said in February that it would need three months to look at alternatives for powering Dawei, designated as Burma’s first special economic zone under the new government........... http://www2.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=23176