Thai P M Yingluck Satisfied With Japan Visit

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Thai PM satisfied with Japan visit
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TOKYO, Jan 25 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday said she is satisfied with her visit to Japan where she took the opportunity to promote and invite Japanese investment in the kingdom.

The premier made remarks in her weekly-televised address today regarding the four-day visit during which she also held discussions with her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on bilateral cooperation and investment.

Ms Yingluck also gave a speech at the 19th international conference in Japan on “The Future of Asia”, in which she said she has proposed Asian countries invest in the future of Asia which will result in better development of the regional and global economy.

She said several countries have expressed their interest in her suggestions and are willing to promote more cooperation between countries.

For the bilateral meeting with her Japanese counterpart, Ms Yingluck said she has invited the Japanese business sector to invest in the development of the Dawei deep seaport megaproject and other projects.

On this occasion, she led a Thai delegation which included representatives of some 50 SMEs businesses to meet Japanese SMEs firms to seek more cooperation and improvement for Thai products.

As Japan is a leading country regarding services for elderly people, Ms Yingluck said that in the future there will be an exchange of knowledge on issues including services for elderly and appropriate nursing. She said Thailand hopes to learn from Japan to improve its quality of services for the elderly. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-05-25

[JetsetBkk]

I guess the video snapshot just had to be at that point, didn't it.

[OzMick]

Self-satisfied - a fair description of the whole family.

I'm quite sure she carries out her PM duties entirely to her own satisfaction.

[Bagwan]

Did the trip include a 12 hour visit to the Ginza? All those shops must have been irresistible.

[dickyknee]

I guess the video snapshot just had to be at that point, didn't it.

is he pretending to eat a hamburger? it does also look like he has a finger jammed firmly up his nose.

caption?

[Bellweather]

I bet she 's thinking " Japan, been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Now, where's next ? "

[bigbamboo]

Those Japanese are polite to a fault. They will have made KY feel she is the most important statesperson to visit their shores since the last one.

[winstonc]

i bet theyl be flocking here in droves with there yen hahahahahha

[jcb2001]

Wait till they see Thailand's next economic outlook report and they may think twice about investing in Thailand.

[waza]

Why is she selling a capital works project in an adjoining country? the Dawei deep seaport megaproject is in Myanmar not Thailand. Italian-Thai Development Plc. is Thailand’s largest construction company, but its a private company. In April this project was in doubt due to a lack of investors.......

"A major infrastructure project involving the development of the Dawei deep seaport and special economic zone may be in jeopardy, said an informed source, citing the lack of financial transaction going into the constructions of the project."

Surely she could find a Thai issue to discuss after all Thailand pays her salary and expenses.

Edited May 25, 2013 by waza

[drdoom6996]

Self-satisfied - a fair description of the whole family.

I'm quite sure she carries out her PM duties entirely to her own satisfaction.

+1

[drdoom6996]

Why is she selling a capital works project in an adjoining country? the Dawei deep seaport megaproject is in Myanmar not Thailand. Italian-Thai Development Plc. is Thailand’s largest construction company, but its a private company. In April this project was in doubt due to a lack of investors.......

"A major infrastructure project involving the development of the Dawei deep seaport and special economic zone may be in jeopardy, said an informed source, citing the lack of financial transaction going into the constructions of the project."

Surely she could find a Thai issue to discuss after all Thailand pays her salary and expenses.

Does she ever do anything bdfore thinking about the money her family can make? Does she ever really consider the Thai people?

[bangon04]

But did they buy any rice??

[Halion]

Worried about the elderly. What a joke. It is the young that she needs to worry about. Just anothe junket trip for KY and her cronies.

[anon467848]

She must have some amount of air miles with all her 1st class travels around the globe, at the tax payers expense naturally.

[hellodolly]

Why is she selling a capital works project in an adjoining country? the Dawei deep seaport megaproject is in Myanmar not Thailand. Italian-Thai Development Plc. is Thailand’s largest construction company, but its a private company. In April this project was in doubt due to a lack of investors.......

"A major infrastructure project involving the development of the Dawei deep seaport and special economic zone may be in jeopardy, said an informed source, citing the lack of financial transaction going into the constructions of the project."

Surely she could find a Thai issue to discuss after all Thailand pays her salary and expenses.

I was wondering about that also. Is the 2.2 trillion baht loan going to be used to salvage that project?

[surangw]

finally, she found satisfaction !

[toenail]

I wonder if she spoke of how Japan and Thailand were good "allies" during WWII, and if she thanked them for creating a tourist site, Death Railway that is visited today by thousands of tourists. (or did she even know about the history?)

[geriatrickid]

I wonder if she spoke of how Japan and Thailand were good "allies" during WWII, and if she thanked them for creating a tourist site, Death Railway that is visited today by thousands of tourists. (or did she even know about the history?)

No. I think last week's idiotic comments from the Mayor of Hiroshima justifying the forced prostitution of hundreds of thousands of subjugated Asian women would have precluded her from broaching that subject.

[DtemJai]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed some interest in the train project during talks with Ms Yingluck in Tokyo yesterday, Mr Suranand said.

About 4,000 Japanese executives per month visited Myanmar last year.

"Many businessmen are rushing into Myanmar," Takahara, who plans to attend some events with Abe, said yesterday by phone. "There is not a market like this in the whole world right now." Abe plans meetings with Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as a visit to the port and industrial estate at Thilawa, 25 kilometers (16 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city. Mitsubishi Corp. (8058), Marubeni Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. are helping to develop the port, part of which is set to open as early as 2015.

Japanese companies are looking to diversify manufacturing operations following recent wage increases in Thailand, Japanese manufacturers are mostly waiting for Thilawa to be completed before building factories because the availability of land with quality services is limited and electricity supplies are unreliable, Jetro's Takahara said. While makers of electronics and automobile parts will probably wait for Thilawa to become functional, companies involved in labor-intensive industries such as garments are ready to set up shop now, he said.

[NeverSure]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed some interest in the train project during talks with Ms Yingluck in Tokyo yesterday, Mr Suranand said.

About 4,000 Japanese executives per month visited Myanmar last year.

"Many businessmen are rushing into Myanmar," Takahara, who plans to attend some events with Abe, said yesterday by phone. "There is not a market like this in the whole world right now." Abe plans meetings with Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as a visit to the port and industrial estate at Thilawa, 25 kilometers (16 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city. Mitsubishi Corp. (8058), Marubeni Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. are helping to develop the port, part of which is set to open as early as 2015.

Japanese companies are looking to diversify manufacturing operations following recent wage increases in Thailand, Japanese manufacturers are mostly waiting for Thilawa to be completed before building factories because the availability of land with quality services is limited and electricity supplies are unreliable, Jetro's Takahara said. While makers of electronics and automobile parts will probably wait for Thilawa to become functional, companies involved in labor-intensive industries such as garments are ready to set up shop now, he said.

"Japanese companies are looking to diversify manufacturing operations following recent wage increases in Thailand..."

Yes, Ford Motor Co. is pulling all operations out of Australia because it hasn't paid to manufacture there. Link

Thailand really didn't think it through before they raised the minimum wage, and put some restrictions and taxes on businesses.

It's a global economy as proven by the rice scheme. Be competitive or lose.

More and more it seems that Thailand is good at losing.

[rfukata]

Abe begins Myanmar tour

More on NHK japan new

Abe also visited the Thilawa special economic zone near Yangon and oversaw the signing and exchange of a memorandum on a development project between Japan and Myanmar. He went to a site of a planned port where Japanese firms are playing a key role.

Abe then toured an elementary school built in 2004 with money donated by a group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who are promoting education in Asia. Abe heads the group.

He said the Japanese government and the private sector will support the growth of Myanmar which is pushing forward with reforms. He said the support will include building infrastructure such as thermal power generation facilities, high-speed communication networks and systems for water services. .....
May 25, 2013 - Updated 13:36 UTC

[Robby nz]

About 4,000 Japanese executives per month visited Myanmar last year.

"Many businessmen are rushing into Myanmar," Takahara, who plans to attend some events with Abe, said yesterday by phone. "There is not a market like this in the whole world right now." Abe plans meetings with Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as a visit to the port and industrial estate at Thilawa, 25 kilometers (16 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city. Mitsubishi Corp. (8058), Marubeni Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. are helping to develop the port, part of which is set to open as early as 2015.

Japanese companies are looking to diversify manufacturing operations following recent wage increases in Thailand, Japanese manufacturers are mostly waiting for Thilawa to be completed before building factories because the availability of land with quality services is limited and electricity supplies are unreliable, Jetro's Takahara said. While makers of electronics and automobile parts will probably wait for Thilawa to become functional, companies involved in labor-intensive industries such as garments are ready to set up shop now, he said.

If Burma is already building a new port at Thilawa with a big industrial area then why do they need Dawei which is down the bottom of the country away from the major infrastructure?

Or is it only the Thai Govt that want it, for whatever reason?

Note: Aung San Suu Kyi calls her country Burma, that's good enough for me.

Other than in the construction where would the profit be for Japan in the HSR?

[rfukata]

quote: Japan times today

"Abe said the Thilawa economic zone, which is expected to draw a host of manufacturing companies, “symbolizes bilateral cooperation” between Japan and Myanmar and will generate significant new employment locally. Tokyo will “spare no effort” to make the project a success, he stressed."

Looks like Thilawa economic zone was more favorable to the Japanese investors over the non transparent Dawei project.

[OzMick]

Other than in the construction where would the profit be for Japan in the HSR?

HSR and profit are incompatible concepts

[bigbamboo]

Seems to me Japan is following Obama and merely using Thailand as a gateway to where they really want to be.... Burma.

[whybother]

Robby nz, on 26 May 2013 - 06:19, said:

If Burma is already building a new port at Thilawa with a big industrial area then why do they need Dawei which is down the bottom of the country away from the major infrastructure?

Or is it only the Thai Govt that want it, for whatever reason?

Note: Aung San Suu Kyi calls her country Burma, that's good enough for me.

Other than in the construction where would the profit be for Japan in the HSR?

Thilawa is on the river into Yangon, so would be the supply line for the city. This would be of no real benefit to Thailand.

Dawei is about 400km south of Yangon, but only about 250km east of Bangkok. This would effectively become the western port of Thailand getting product to/from Europe while avoiding sending ships through Singapore.

[greg71]

Is Dawei now part of Thailand?

[Robby nz]

Dawei is about 400km south of Yangon, but only about 250km east of Bangkok. This would effectively become the western port of Thailand getting product to/from Europe while avoiding sending ships through Singapore.

In other words it would only be of use to Thailand and not Burma.

So in order for Burma to get an advantage from Dawei they would be looking to charge Thailand some fairly hefty fees, or whatever they would call them, for the privilege of use.

It would be big advantage not having to have shipping go round the bottom past Singapore but could the same thing not be achieved on Thailands Andaman coast coupled with an effective freight carrying rail link? See 2.2 billion.

[whybother]

Dawei is about 400km south of Yangon, but only about 250km east of Bangkok. This would effectively become the western port of Thailand getting product to/from Europe while avoiding sending ships through Singapore.

In other words it would only be of use to Thailand and not Burma.

So in order for Burma to get an advantage from Dawei they would be looking to charge Thailand some fairly hefty fees, or whatever they would call them, for the privilege of use.

It would be big advantage not having to have shipping go round the bottom past Singapore but could the same thing not be achieved on Thailands Andaman coast coupled with an effective freight carrying rail link? See 2.2 billion.

Burma would get a deep sea port built using other people's money, and would also be able to charge people to use it.

Having a port in the south could be a feasible option, except that it's about 3 times as far. It would be better from the aspect of having the investment in Thailand rather than Burma though.