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Key Issues to Be Emphasized in the Thailand Reform Plan |
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thailand.prd.go.th |
| Source Date: |
Tuesday, January 04, 2011 |
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Electronic and Mobile Government, Citizen Engagement, Internet Governance
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| Country: |
Thailand |
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Jan 11, 2011 |
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The Government is proceeding with its Thailand reform plan, focusing on four key issues: fair economic management, social welfare expansion, education, and the justice system.
Prime Minister Abhist Vejjajiva unveiled the plan on 1 January 2011, when he called for cooperation from the people to achieve the plan. The ultimate goal is to improve the well-being of the people, starting from their birth until they grow up as members of Thai society. The Government will offer tax incentives for private companies as a way to encourage them to take part in reforming Thailand.
The Prime Minister said that breastfeeding and child nutrition would be promoted for a better quality of human resources. He cited a survey showing that only one in four children in Thailand were breastfed now. There are currently over 7,000 tambon, or subdistricts, in Thailand, and out of this number, 481 still do not have a child development center. In the reform plan, more child development centers will be built across the country to enable young children to have access to education. Private companies will be urged to offer child-care service at various workplaces, while the Government will ensure that children living at construction sites are provided with care service, as well.
The Prime Minister said that 1.7 million children, or 10 percent of the number of children in Thailand, still do not have basic education. These children, including children with disabilities, will be provided with opportunities to enroll in the formal education system. Children who have dropped out of school and can not continue their formal education will be given alternatives to develop their skills, so that they will be able to make a living. The Government will upgrade the quality of 14,000 small schools nationwide and ease shortages of teachers who will be urged to devote more time to teaching. More personnel will be recruited to help teachers handle administrative work. Devoted teachers will be rewarded and offered a better career path.
The Prime Minister stressed the need to provide more education to about eight million workers. Vocational training will be organized so that they may have greater opportunities and more income. Funding sources and better social security will be offered to workers outside the labor system, such as small traders, self-employed people, taxi drivers, and motorcycle-taxi drivers.
As for farmers, the Government will adjust the country’s entire land management system. Such projects as community land title deeds and the land bank will be used to help solve the land ownership problem. Soil quality will also be improved for effective farming. Moreover, the Government will push for the establishment of a special agricultural zone to maintain food security for the people. Apart from farmland management, the Government will carry out the low-cost housing project, “Ban Mankhong,” to cover 500 subdistricts, benefiting 50,000 families.
The community justice process that exists in all provinces will be used to reduce community dispute cases by three-fourths. The Government will urge all sectors of society to join forces in fighting corruption. In addition, police reform will be carried out. As for media reform, new laws will be issued on the setting up of a constructive media fund and the protection of media professionals, so that the media will truly respond to the goals of the nation as a whole.
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