webfact Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 PM: All govt. unit should prepare to create "Thai people 4.0" BANGKOK, 2 January 2017 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed all government units to urgently develop “Thai people 4.0” in preparation for the changing world. He suggested that they use technology to create jobs and propel the economy. Government Spokesman Lt.Gen. Sansern Kaewkamnerd said in 2017 the government would focus on developing people for the “Thailand 4.0” policy that would move Thailand forward with innovation, knowledge and technology. The PM emphasized that the heart of the policy was to develop Thais to have more knowledge and higher skills with responsibility for the society, said the government spokesman. Lt.Gen.Sansern stated further that the PM wanted Thai people to maintain their Thai characteristics while learning to use new technology. The PM therefore asked all units to adjust their plans for this year in accordance with the Thailand 4.0 policy, said the spokesman. People in all sectors should know more about the Thailand 4.0 policy and Thai people 4.0 within six months from now, said Lt.Gen.Sansern. According to the spokesman, Thai people 4.0 include “smart farmers,” “smart start-ups” high-value services and laborers with higher skills. -- nnt 2017-01-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 ...but please do it without a free internet and a free press, so they don't get too smart...Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plachon Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Classic stuff, straight out of 1984! How about creating "Thai cyborgs" and "smart soldiers" whilst you're at it General. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeneeds Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Being able to listen and follow instuctions would ( should ) be part of the PM s 4.0 plan from my own experiences when trying to pass on skills, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldroj Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 "...The PM emphasized that the heart of the policy was to develop Thais to have more knowledge and higher skills with responsibility for the society..." Ah, the good shepherd caring for his flock !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 4.0 ? what happened to 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0? Oh how time passes so quick when there're so many governments, bosses and laws that no one really listen to.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 What does "Thailand 4.0" actually mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeCross Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 they do realize that only about 0.01% of tech startups actually succeed right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintLouisBlues Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 12 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said: they do realize that only about 0.01% of tech startups actually succeed right? You're talking about farang startups. A Thai tech startup would be 100% success. Surely you realise that? How long have you lived here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 ... the PM wanted Thai people to maintain their Thai characteristics while learning to use new technology. Unfortunately the insistence on the first will probably cause the failure of the second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrenn Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Prayuth obviously just read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. The classic definition of a dystopian fascist state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintLouisBlues Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 As a (Thai) commentator in the English-speaking press put it over the last few days "If you want a literate 4.0 population you'll have to change the education system to make them think for themselves" - and that ain't gonna happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 26 minutes ago, JAG said: What does "Thailand 4.0" actually mean? Exactly. Means absolutely nothing. Pure b's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrenn Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 1 hour ago, ezzra said: 4.0 ? what happened to 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0? Oh how time passes so quick when there're so many governments, bosses and laws that no one really listen to.... You mean you didn't notice the clear differences between the first three versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 The little general censors media and plans to filter the Internet through a gov gateway and wants Thais to teach English to Thais. Did he mean 4.0 or 0.4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintLouisBlues Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 8 minutes ago, dbrenn said: You mean you didn't notice the clear differences between the first three versions? The first three versions only used Internet Explorer so distinguishing between the versions meant the version of Microsoft Windows you were using - Vista, 7 or 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Numbered OS is so old-fashioned......go Android and call it something catchy.....Thailand SomTam....followed by Thailand PlaRa......Thailand KhaiDao....and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 1 hour ago, JAG said: What does "Thailand 4.0" actually mean? Its a special Thai program, it freezes often, directs you to other topic's, you don't need or want, printing jumps around as if a virus has installed itself and then when you check your online bank balance you discover that Thailand 4.0 is also a gaming site for Game over Zoos................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timewilltell Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 If you have leaders & teachers as woefully inadequate as they working within a society riddled with corruption and an egotistical yet ignorant mindset of by far the majority, an apathy to learn even if therequired were the facilities and ideaology to support it - then I cannot for the life of me see any change for good happening. Thailand is on a permanent state of denial and lies to itself as much as it deceives and hides the reality to the rest of the world yet knows very well from what it sees in the rest of the world hiw to succeed. They don't need to look far - Singapore is a shining example yet Thais will never follow the ideas and creative thinking that creates success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunano Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 What 4.0? Thais have already reached 5.0 - everybody knows how to "play" Line and Facebook!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 "Lt.Gen.Sansern stated further that the PM wanted Thai people to maintain their Thai characteristics while learning to use new technology." A statement that is absurd and makes one's flesh crawl. People adapt quickly, governments do not. How people evolve is up to them and they decide culture to men in uniform. Those who have means are already way out in front. The last tech initiative which comes to mind was with Microsoft, which is may enjoy desktop and game dominance but has lost: web server market, file server market, phone market. Unless 4.0 has to do with games, Microsoft is not the best partner. If Thailand was open and less draconian, 4.0 would happen naturally, without any need to government cheer leading. Tech companies would expand in Thailand rather than flee screaming in the middle of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroud Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 3 hours ago, plachon said: Classic stuff, straight out of 1984! How about creating "Thai cyborgs" and "smart soldiers" whilst you're at it General. So you're saying that your western media is free and smart, or just a propaganda media output to dumb people even further down the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitker Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (...) He suggested that they use technology to create jobs and propel the economy. isn't it that the human factor is the critical weakness to be addressed today? (...) developing people for the “Thailand 4.0” brilliant, nice marketing. Anything behind? (...) the PM wanted Thai people to maintain their Thai characteristics Ah! back to the priorities: that Thainess that makes Thailand the greatest.. (...) People in all sectors should know more about the Thailand 4.0 policy and Thai people 4.0 within six months from now, said Lt.Gen.Sansern. what about next week instead? (...) According to the spokesman, Thai people 4.0 include “smart farmers,” “smart start-ups” high-value services and laborers with higher skills. and if it works, then smart trees, smart air.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 8 minutes ago, Shroud said: So you're saying that your western media is free and smart, or just a propaganda media output to dumb people even further down the road? That is up to the people. They have the means at their disposal to follow up on stories and form their own opinions using the plethora of information out there. Thailand is going down the path of criminalising those who do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I wonder if they will encourage the population to...... Accept criticism without shooting each other in the face, Admit when they are wrong without shooting each other in the face, Accept education, Accept that they have a lot to learn, Learn to apologise sincerely, Make police actually do their jobs without the need for bribes, Do things in a straight forward way, Stop ripping off tourists, Stop assaulting tourists, Stop the double standards, Have a government that is not paranoid, Encourage freedom of speech, Maybe these will come with version 400.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorristheRunt Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Please, just fall on your sword, and exit stage left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 2 hours ago, JAG said: What does "Thailand 4.0" actually mean? Maybe Thailand "see soon"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manhood Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Hello Mr. Prayut: you can't create people if you not give them a basic from where something can grow. The way Thailand is going now will give to the people who not only want to lay down, play their mobiles and have no idea and no interest in anything then sanuk sanuk, if you not open their minds by letting them grow their experiance by using the modern standard equipments and contents of what the world is saying and offering. closed minded never get the 4.0 standard that you wish to get (whatever that should be) but as it's just a slogan and nothing behind it's anyway good for nothing ... reminds me soooo very much on all the slogans i experianced in my work time in comunist countries..... And Thailand is walking along the same path now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I think the PM has been watching too much Westworld. Lets reboot everyone with new software. Remove the bugs LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 6 hours ago, webfact said: PM: All govt. unit should prepare to create "Thai people 4.0" After the successful indoctrination in Kindergarten they go one step further by "creating" people. Does that mean a ban on contraceptives for Isan teenagers? Now they even copy from their own. A certain professor, Pramote Prasartful, of Mahidol University in Bangkok, has easily taken a hand in the selection of his reading from the bookshelf. His suggestion in 2011: the government should provide incentives for Thailand's women to produce "quality babies" instead of masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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