webfact Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Thai entrepreneurs urged to become more competitiveBy English NewsBANGKOK, April 21 - Thailand's former Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretary-general has urged private Thai entrepreneurs to become more competitive within the ASEAN framework.Former ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan spoke at a seminar on the "AEC and Changing Trends on the Economy and Trade".Both Thailand's public and private sectors must speed up adapting to welcome more free borderless agreements between countries, for competition in the region will be more fierce. He asked all parties to collaborate to strengthen Thailand's business sector.Meanwhile, Pongpun Gearaviriyapun, director-general of the Business Development Department, said the Thai Transportation and Logistics Association (TTLA) and the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in order that Thai private entrepreneurs can network leading to stronger and more competitive Thai businesses once the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) takes effect next year. (MCOT online news) -- TNA 2014-04-21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Thais should pursue technological development, Surin saysBANGKOK, 21 April 2014 (NNT) — Thailand should develop its technology to better serve the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), scheduled to commence next year, Surin Pitsuwan, the former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has advised.He broadly discussed the AEC 6 and its economic and trade outlook, at the 2014 Trade Association Potentiality Development Seminar organized by the Department of Business Development (DBD).He also mentioned that over two million Thai SMEs have to reach their full potential in line with the coming AEC. Thailand produces exports worth 350 billion baht and ASEAN accounts for 26% of the export market. The development of market logistics is therefore also very significant.-- NNT 2014-04-21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiisnotrequired Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Bit late for that.... Singapore is decades ahead in Technology. Should have thought about it over the last 10 years, since they have known all along ASEAN is coming.... idiots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Even at 300bht per day, that buys a lot of labour versus mechanisation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calimotty Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 What? Now they have to perform on a level play ground? 5555555555555555555555555555555555. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Even at 300bht per day, that buys a lot of labour versus mechanisation.... yes but compare handmade products with automatic made one (technical products). A CNC machined part against a manual machined one..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Bit late for that.... Singapore is decades ahead in Technology. Should have thought about it over the last 10 years, since they have known all along ASEAN is coming.... idiots There are excellent hi-tech companies in Thailand.....just it isn't main stream. Thailand is still mostly doing farming and there is Thailand millennia ahead of Singapore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiisnotrequired Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Bit late for that.... Singapore is decades ahead in Technology. Should have thought about it over the last 10 years, since they have known all along ASEAN is coming.... idiots There are excellent hi-tech companies in Thailand.....just it isn't main stream. Thailand is still mostly doing farming and there is Thailand millennia ahead of Singapore. especially with the investment proposal for 'brand' chickens.... aimed at mainstreaming? hi-tech specialism is not 'branding'... How does non-mainstream hit upon ASEAN competitors in the mainstream here, when foreign doors are about to be opened to a terrible influx of superior goods at lower than Thai market prices? For example.. look at the UK. Mission speakers, Cambridge amplifiers... with regards to music audio.. then Bentley and RRoyce... with regard to cars non-mainstream - but everybody wants one (despite foreign buy-out, still manufactured in the UK) You and I know.... Thailand is, of course, millennias ahead of Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam in all technology..... (what was it Barasha Coen said?.......... ........................ ....................... ....... NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calimotty Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Bit late for that.... Singapore is decades ahead in Technology. Should have thought about it over the last 10 years, since they have known all along ASEAN is coming.... idiots There are excellent hi-tech companies in Thailand.....just it isn't main stream. Thailand is still mostly doing farming and there is Thailand millennia ahead of Singapore. . Thailand is still mostly doing farming and there is Thailand millennia ahead of Singapore What planet are you from?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utley Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 How to succeed in business - 3 rules made easy: SERVICE, SERVICE and SERVICE. For example; last week Wednesday we had a major thunderstorm in Chai Nat that included very high winds and even hail. The power went out for about 3 hours as expected. The very next morning CAT called us and asked if our Wifi Internet was still working and if the speed was OK! Yes - they called us; absolutely amazing service! I have never had a company in the U.S. call me to ask if everything was OK. Kudos mahk mahk to Cat. You have set the bar very high for your competitors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always18 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 "Thai entrepreneurs to become more competitive"? Since the very concept of "competition" is anathema to Thais, this has to be someone's idea of a joke! All businesses of any substance in Thailand are either monopolies or oligopolies and all attempts to start a competitive enterprise are swiftly snuffed out. The "revenue stream" must be maintained at all costs and the customer is merely the powerless ATM as far as the business is concerned. After so many years of smug protectionism, for Thailand to enter the real world of international competition would be such a terminal shock to the Thai psyche that I can never see it happening. Sadly, in the absence of a miracle happening,Thailand will continue to tinker at the edges of the international community and, I believe, has already condemned itself to a future of increasing irrelevance in SE Asia in particular and the rest of the world in general. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Even at 300bht per day, that buys a lot of labour versus mechanisation.... yes but compare handmade products with automatic made one (technical products). A CNC machined part against a manual machined one..... You think your average Thai business gives a s**t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobbie49 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> "Thai entrepreneurs to become more competitive"? Since the very concept of "competition" is anathema to Thais, this has to be someone's idea of a joke! All businesses of any substance in Thailand are either monopolies or oligopolies and all attempts to start a competitive enterprise are swiftly snuffed out. The "revenue stream" must be maintained at all costs and the customer is merely the powerless ATM as far as the business is concerned. After so many years of smug protectionism, for Thailand to enter the real world of international competition would be such a terminal shock to the Thai psyche that I can never see it happening. Sadly, in the absence of a miracle happening,Thailand will continue to tinker at the edges of the international community and, I believe, has already condemned itself to a future of increasing irrelevance in SE Asia in particular and the rest of the world in general. Hear hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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