The Cabinet met on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at the Government House. Some of the resolutions are as follows:
The cabinet approved the following proposal made by Office of National Economic and Social Development Board:
1. Approved in principle capacity enhancement project of Office of National Economic and Social Development Board and a budget framework for the implementation of the project during the latter part of the 12th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2019-2022). NESDB is to formulate operation and budget plan for the request of annual budget accordingly.
2. Approved for the establishment of the Institute of Public Policy and Development under Phraya Suriyanuwat Foundation as the agency to promote and undertake NESDB capacity enhancement.
The cabinet has made the following approvals:
1. Approved in principle the establishment of an industrial estate in Songkhla Special Economic Zone under the total budget of 2,890,402,000 Baht as proposed by Ministry of Industry. The budget will initially be taken from the budget of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand.
2. Ministry of Industry was assigned to take into consideration the relevancy with Songkhla’s Southern Industrial Estate and supply chain in preparing for the establishment of an industrial estate in Songkhla Special Economic Zone in order to attract investors to the new industrial estate.
The industrial estate in Songkhla Special Economic Zone will be established in the area of 927.925 rai in Songkhla’s Sadao district with the investment budget of 2,890.402 million Baht. Target industries are agro product processing, logistics, light industries, production of automotive parts or machineries, electrical appliances and electronic parts, and service industry.
The cabinet approved the following proposals made by Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives:
1. Approved the signing of MOU on fishery cooperation between Fishery Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives), Kingdom of Thailand, and Fisheries Adminsitration (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries), Kingdom of Cambodia.
2. Approved in principle any amendment to be made prior to the signing in parts that are not gist, and ordered for the Ministry to report to the cabinet later on the amendment.
3. Approved Director-General of Fishery Department as signatory.
The MOU on fishery cooperation between Fishery Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives), Kingdom of Thailand, and Fisheries Adminsitration (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries), Kingdom of Cambodia is aimed to promote technical and economic cooperation, joint implementation, and trade promotion in various fields of fishery, e.g., marine resource management and conservation, fishery related technology development, trade and investment promotion of marine animals, etc. The MOU also stipulates establishment of a Joint Fisheries Working Group (JFWG) to implement activities and projects under the MOU framework.
The cabinet approved the following proposals made by Office of National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB):
1. Approved the draft Joint Statement of the Twenty-Forth Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle Ministerial Meeting (IMT-GT). Should there be an amendment, NESDB can proceed and report to the cabinet later.
2. Approved for Minister of Transport to endorse the draft Joint Statement together with ministers of other member states without signing at the 24th IMT-GT ministerial meeting to be held on Octoer 1, 2018.
The cabinet approved the following proposals made by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment:
1. Approved in principle the draft ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change to the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 24), and Draft ASEAN Joint Statement to the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 14).
2. Approved for Minister of Natural Resources and Environment or a representative to endorse the two draft statements.
3. Approved for the Prime Minister or a representative to to endorse the two draft statements at the 33rd ASEAN Summit and other related summits to be held in Singapore during November 11-15, 2018.
Should there be an amendment in parts that are not gist nor against national interest, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is authorized to proceed, and report to the cabinet later.
The cabinet acknowledged and approved the following proposals made by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice (ACM Prajin Juntong):
1. Acknowledged Thailand’s co-hosting of “Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem”
2. Approved draft document for “Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem”. Should there be an amendment in parts that are not gist, Ministry of Justice is authorized to proceed, and report to the cabinet later.
3. Approved for head of the Thai delegation at UNGA 73 (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs) or a representative to endorse the draft document on behalf of the Thai Government.
--Cabinet Meeting (Prayut Chan-o-cha) September 25, 2018--