PM: Govt’s development measures intangible, yet sustainable

[rooster59]

PM: Govt’s development measures intangible, yet sustainable

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

BANGKOK, 20th May 2017 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has reiterated that the government’s solutions to longstanding problems in Thailand are based on sustainability and effectiveness. 

During his national televised address this week, the Prime Minister said the government and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) have attained several outstanding achievements since taking office 3 years ago, as evident in international surveys such as the “Best Countries to Start a Business” report, which ranks Thailand top of the list among powerful countries around the world, while other surveys have placed Thailand among the top 10 countries in terms of tourism, overall growth, and cultural development. In addition, Thailand is one of the most popular destinations for foreign retirees to settle down in. 

He said such achievements reflect the government's and the NCPO’s efforts and commitment to moving the country forward despite obstacles. 

Further, he said the government’s measures to address the country’s problems are sustainable and will yield concrete results in the long run, though they seem intangible to some people. 

He added that assistance measures don't always come in the form of money, but rather in the form of the knowledge people need to make a sustainable living, allowing people, particularly low wage earners and the poor, to be able to stand on their own feet. 

 

 

-- nnt 2017-05-20

[mtls2005]

Intangible, yet sustainable.

 

Maybe this makes more sense in Thai, if projected with an air of unquestionable, yet patronizing authority?

 

Gotta give him credit for keeping up with the Friday evening broadcast. 

[canuckamuck]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) have attained several outstanding achievements since taking office 3 years ago, as evident in international surveys such as the “Best Countries to Start a Business” report, which ranks Thailand top of the list among powerful countries around the world, while other surveys have placed Thailand among the top 10 countries in terms of tourism, overall growth, and cultural development. In addition, Thailand is one of the most popular destinations for foreign retirees to settle down in. 

I am very surprised by these results. Perhaps they are being sarcastic?

[wakeupplease]

Best Countries to Start a Business?

 

using Farangs money well yes that is true

 

low wage earners and the poor, to be able to stand on their own feet

 

And that is what it all about Low wage earners, because only the rich and the corrupt are entitle to a nice living

[Cadbury]

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

Intangible, yet sustainable.

 

Maybe this makes more sense in Thai, if projected with an air of unquestionable, yet patronizing authority?

 

Gotta give him credit for keeping up with the Friday evening broadcast. 

Your final comment makes me wonder if he and his parliamentary colleagues and civil servants are still keeping up their daily exercise programme. Haven't seen a media release about it for quite a while so I guess it has fallen by the wayside for lack of numbers.

[saminoz]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Intangible, yet sustainable.

 

Maybe this makes more sense in Thai, if projected with an air of unquestionable, yet patronizing authority?

 

Gotta give him credit for keeping up with the Friday evening broadcast. 

Intangible yet sustainable.

I totally agree with this statement.  If you do nothing and achieve nothing, then it's very easy to sustain that.

Kudos to the silly little General.

[Krataiboy]

1 hour ago, Cadbury said:

Your final comment makes me wonder if he and his parliamentary colleagues and civil servants are still keeping up their daily exercise programme. Haven't seen a media release about it for quite a while so I guess it has fallen by the wayside for lack of numbers.

Not so. They are still doing the exercises as commanded. It's just that they are intangible.

Edited May 20, 2017 by Krataiboy
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[quandow]

[timendres]

I tell all the cute girls I meet that the advantage of begin my girlfriend is intangible, yet sustainable.

I suspect they believe the general about as much as they believe me.

[yellowboat]

18 hours ago, rooster59 said:

they seem intangible to some people. 

Three years after seizing power and there are not tangible results ?   Sounds like he would only get elected at gun point.  For the last three years, all they have done is talk and clamp down on business.  It has been a shameful and wasteful three years. 

[baboon]

18 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Intangible, yet sustainable.

 

Maybe this makes more sense in Thai, if projected with an air of unquestionable, yet patronizing authority?

 

Gotta give him credit for keeping up with the Friday evening broadcast. 

Especially given that nobody watches it.

[YetAnother]

'trust me , i am doing a great job; you just cant see the results'

sure.......

[debate101]

Translation: "The bad news is we haven't really done anything for you yet. The good news is that we can (and will) continue to do so."

[mtls2005]

I guess he's referring to the "boiling frog"?

 

Throw the country into a pot of tepid water, slowly increase the temperature over three or more years, and voila. 

 

The masses never realize that they're 'cooked'.

 

 

Edited May 21, 2017 by mtls2005

[YetAnother]

14 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Throw the country into a pot of tepid water, slowly increase the temperature over three or more years, and voila. 

a raft of unfulfilled promises (aka 'reforms') and the big slide in thailand's international rep; add the silliness of submarines, the increase in corruption, the continued slide for thailand in the human development index; the foolishness that the govt tells us..........

[beautifulthailand99]

18 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Three years after seizing power and there are not tangible results ?   Sounds like he would only get elected at gun point.  For the last three years, all they have done is talk and clamp down on business.  It has been a shameful and wasteful three years. 

but,but,but...it is sustainable.

[beautifulthailand99]

7 hours ago, YetAnother said:

a raft of unfulfilled promises (aka 'reforms') and the big slide in thailand's international rep; add the silliness of submarines, the increase in corruption, the continued slide for thailand in the human development index; the foolishness that the govt tells us..........

There should be a newly minted Godwin's Law for Thailand that replaces 'Nazis' with 'Submarines'.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

[jerojero]

Gotta love those intangible improvements or results. The people really benefit from such.

[Redvic]

I must be missing the full moon because Thailand seems to be full of loons like him.