PM Yingluck: Govt ready to push Thai cosmetics industry to go global

[Thai at Heart]

Thai wisdom law.

Oooooooh. My aching ribs.. Unique Thai medicine?

[Baerboxer]

A simple question from a simple bloke but what is the "Thai wisdom protection" that the government will support the industry with ?. Is this similar to the "patent rights registration " that will protect the Thai cosmetic industry from knock-off products that we may find on the shelves of stores in Europe, Australia and America ?

Yes - protecting patents i.e. products they invented (like Red Bull) and Intellectual Property or the associated know how / knowledge and development.

Do you think Thailand has wisdom and intellectual property to protect? If so, guess they wouldn't want it to be copied by these rogue countries that produce copious counterfeit goods.

It will be interesting to see if / how the Thai cosmetics industry manages to conform to the regulatory requirements for such products that developed countries apply. Guess what, these countries are wise to dodgy certifications and test labs. They do their own product testing. Should be interesting.

[ricardofel]

Great idea...then everybody can have white skin. Oh, I forgot, that's just a scam, like everything else in Thailand.

[Bagwan]

Whitening lotion to be imported to Europe....I can just see the headlines.

Priceless. I laughed for a long time. Wait. I still am.

[Bagwan]

If they could make cosmetics out of floodwater then the will be an over-supply to the market in less than a month.

They do a nice line in toilet water.

I prefer mine straight out of the tap.

[Thai at Heart]

A simple question from a simple bloke but what is the "Thai wisdom protection" that the government will support the industry with ?. Is this similar to the "patent rights registration " that will protect the Thai cosmetic industry from knock-off products that we may find on the shelves of stores in Europe, Australia and America ?

Yes - protecting patents i.e. products they invented (like Red Bull) and Intellectual Property or the associated know how / knowledge and development.

Do you think Thailand has wisdom and intellectual property to protect? If so, guess they wouldn't want it to be copied by these rogue countries that produce copious counterfeit goods.

It will be interesting to see if / how the Thai cosmetics industry manages to conform to the regulatory requirements for such products that developed countries apply. Guess what, these countries are wise to dodgy certifications and test labs. They do their own product testing. Should be interesting.

Red bull was copied from lipovitan.

[Local Drunk]

I like se dam...

[KireB]

Is it not astonishing that the simplest news item - in this case the promotion of the Thai cosmetic industry internationally - can be turned within minutes into an excuse for an obsessive rant against Thaksin.

Indeed very strange! Especially when you take in account that half his family is involved in this government, with his sister-puppet being the PM! Very strange indeed!

[lineofentry]

The cosmetic industry makes billions selling gunk to the easily fooled. Thailand may as well have a bit of the action. It may be a slog trying to offload whitening cream in Europe though.

[Soi Sauce]

What is Thai Wisdom? It's in the OP but I've never heard of it or seen it in action

[hhiser]

This says it all.

[philw]

What is Thai Wisdom? It's in the OP but I've never heard of it or seen it in action

Then you are blind and deaf. glasshopper......................

[outsider]

Oi! You want to clean up the floods first before launching into another half-*rsed, pea-brained program to make Thailand into a cosmetic hub?

[jbrain]

Did I miss it or did MCOT left it wisely out of the article, that the PM said Thailand will be the hub of cosmetics within the next 2 year.

[Thaddeus]

What is Thai Wisdom? It's in the OP but I've never heard of it or seen it in action

Then you are blind and deaf. glasshopper......................

As a master of Thai wisdom, and to save most of us the trouble of wading through the legal document that was posted earlier, could you actually define Thai wisdom for us simple folk, in a nutshell.

Leaving out the rather patronising and racial stereotyping words like 'glasshopper' would be good too.

[tiger2]

Soon there will be a lipstick scheme with it's associated corruption...just watch for it

sort of like putting lipstick on a pig?

Just asking...

[MikeOboe57]

What is Thai Wisdom? It's in the OP but I've never heard of it or seen it in action

Then you are blind and deaf. glasshopper......................

As a master of Thai wisdom, and to save most of us the trouble of wading through the legal document that was posted earlier, could you actually define Thai wisdom for us simple folk, in a nutshell.

Leaving out the rather patronising and racial stereotyping words like 'glasshopper' would be good too.

Let me help you. Thai wisdom is...

Khun Thaksin's decision to make his clueless little sister PM of Thailand,

Khun Thaksin's decision to put water management in the hands of a guy whose knowledge of water is limited to "you can drink it if it is small or swim in it if it is big",

Khun Thaksin's decision to use taxpayers' money to buy nearly all Thai rice at a grossly inflated price and store it to let it rot as it cannot be sold without horrendous losses,

Khun Plodprasob's idea to use small propellers to push water "out into the ocean",

Courts releasing people sentenced to death on bail when they appeal and hope they will come back for the next session,

etc.

[noitom]

Did I miss it or did MCOT left it wisely out of the article, that the PM said Thailand will be the hub of cosmetics within the next 2 year.

That's for next step next year when someone goes fishing around for some news about cosmetics. They'll use this basic story and update with hubbing.

[timewilltell]

A totally corrupt country with protectionist tariffs and zero quality control or consumer protection laws is going to persuade the women of the work how their products should be plastered over their skin?

I think Thailand will need to do some clean up of the world opinion that it is a land of scams and deceit before anyone will buy products that will bring them out in a rash.

[Mitker]

Is it not astonishing that the simplest news item - in this case the promotion of the Thai cosmetic industry internationally - can be turned within minutes into an excuse for an obsessive rant against Thaksin.

I expect that some here turn puce and fume when held at traffic lights, after all the lights are red, must be Thaksins fault, what more proof is needed......

It would be funny but this obsession is obscuring the forums purpose as a place to discuss News in Thailand.

I don't suppose there is a chance some of you could take yourselves off to a corner an give yourselves a talking too?

No, I thought not!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

It might be due to the fact that many here are expecting a PM to tackle the real problems (omnipresent corruption, failing education, bleak economy...) instead of focusing on futile topics. (and no: promoting whitening cream abroad is not a part of the solution)

Indeed, it smells too much like repetitive smokescreens masking her family/friends practices.

[khaowong1]

Oh yes, Whitening, Slimming and Breast firming lotions ready to take on the heavyweights of global cosmetics.

Aren't half of the cheap cosmetics in Thailand imported from China and about 99% of the expensive ones imported from the developed world?

Yes and Yes. I find this interesting only because every time I go back to the US, all the females I know are asking me to bring them back some good cosmetics.

[LomSak27]

^{Is it not astonishing that the simplest news item - in this case the promotion of the Thai cosmetic industry internationally - can be turned within minutes into an excuse for an obsessive rant against Thaksin.}

^{Not astonishing at all. People want to believe their is a cause for their unhappiness. If only the T man would be forever vanquished LOS would magically morph into a land of milk and honey. It so far fetched and ridiculous you wonder if its a symptom of dementia}

[belg]

yes international, because we are already the hub of fake, now everybody trusts us to sell good with only healthy chemicals and no cheapo rippoff to make a quick buck

[tonneke breda]

Is that the government's job "AMAZING THAILAND" some politicians in this country were born stupid and die even dumber.

[sawadee1947]

..unfortunately all cosmetics are full of preservatives and poisoned chemicals. Even herbals are dangerous for your skin. It's a long way to compete with western quality cosmetics.

[hellodolly]

Is it not astonishing that the simplest news item - in this case the promotion of the Thai cosmetic industry internationally - can be turned within minutes into an excuse for an obsessive rant against Thaksin.

I expect that some here turn puce and fume when held at traffic lights, after all the lights are red, must be Thaksins fault, what more proof is needed......

It would be funny but this obsession is obscuring the forums purpose as a place to discuss News in Thailand.

I don't suppose there is a chance some of you could take yourselves off to a corner an give yourselves a talking too?

No, I thought not!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

To be honest with you I found it highly amusing that finally she has found some thing she knows some thing about to talk about. I am no expert but it seems to me that she is suggesting sitting into a game where the deck is stacked against her.

Perhaps the whitening creams would sell in a continent that has A high population of non whites.

Yours is the first post I have come across with the name of Thaksin connected to negativity and the article.

I agree with you it is an easy connection to make but I prefer the comic side of the whole situation. Even your successful attempt at black humor with

"I expect that some here turn puce and fume when held at traffic lights, after all the lights are red, must be Thaksins fault, what more proof is needed......"

Perhaps I will read some more of the posts when I am in need of a laugh.

[JAG]

Hellodolly, post#2 on this topic - the one which inspired (if that is the right word) my rant seems to have disappeared! Post#16 rather confirms this.

Anyway I am glad that the traffic light gibe raised a smile...

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[mrtoad]

Yingluck getting her priorities right as usual.

[Soutpeel]

Very disappointed in this article, the word "hub" wasnt even used once...

[hughben]

I would hedge a bet that almost all of these 'cosmetics' are tested on animals. I have noticed, animal testing and cosmetics in Asia are mutually exclusive and most people have no idea about it.