The Cabinet met on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at the Government House. Some of the resolutions are as follows:
The cabinet approved the followings:
1. Approved for the Council of State to deliberate draft Act on Education Reform Sandbox, B.E…., as proposed by the independent committee for education reform, and resubmit to the cabinet for its consideration.
2. Approved for the independent committee for education reform to expedite developing the checklist, and reveal result of public hearing and impact analysis of the draft Act to the public, as well as develop a plan for the secondary laws and timeframe.
3. The independent committee for education reform is to take suggestions of Office of the Civil Service Commission into consideration.
The cabinet approved the followings:
1. Approved:
a. Draft Act on Election of Members of Local Administrative Council, B.E….
b. Draft Act on Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administration Organization, B.E….
c. Draft Act on Municipality Office, B.E….
d. Draft Act on Provincial Adminsitration Organization, B.E….
e. Draft Act on Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, B.E….
f. Draft Act on Pattaya City Council, B.E….
2. Office of the Election Commission is to expedite developing plan for the secondary laws and timeframe, and send to Office of the Cabinet Secretariat before being proposed to the National Legislative Assembly.
The cabinet approved the following proposals made by Ministry of Finance:
1. Approved use of funds for specialized financial institutions (SFIs), as stipulated in Article 19 of the Funds for Specialized Financial Institution Act, to the Government Housing Bank for Real Estate Information Center to implement second-hand real estate database development project, for the total amount of 31.1 million Baht.
2.Approved use of funds for specialized financial institutions (SFIs), as stipulated in Article 19 of the Funds for Specialized Financial Institution Act, to Foundation for the Development of Specialized Financial Institution to establish Institute for Financial Innovation and Technology (InFinIT), for the total amount of 650 million Baht.
The cabinet approved the following proposals made by Ministry of Commerce:
1. Approved Thailand’s position for the 7th meeting on cooperation plan between Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand and Ministry of Industry and Trade, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
2. Should there be an agreement on other issues not specified in No. 1, Thai representative is authorized to proceed without having to resubmit to the cabinet for its approval.
3. Approved for Minister of Commerce or a representative to endorse the meeting outcome and other related documents for the the 7th meeting on cooperation plan between Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand and Ministry of Industry and Trade, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Issues to be discussed at the meeting include
1) trade and investment facilitation between the two countries,
2) one-stop customs clearance,
3) connectivity between special economic zones of the two countries,
4) cooperation on creating transport and logistics connectivity between the two countries and in the region, 5) negotiation on human resource development cooperation, and
6) support of the private sector.
Issues that may be discussed at the meeting include: financial and banking cooperation, tourism cooperation, intellectual properties, and cooperation under sub-regional and regional framework.
The cabinet approved the following proposals made by Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
1. Approved draft estradition treaty between the Kingdom of Thailand and Hungary
2. Approved Minister of Foreign Affairs or a representative as signatory of the extradition treaty.
3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to issue the Full Powers for the signatory.
4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to make decision on when the treaty will take effect based on an agreement with Hungary.
--Cabinet Meeting (Prayut Chan-o-cha) September 4, 2018--