Time to rethink future growth channels
15 Time to rethink future growth channels
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Double whammy of Covid-19 impact and transition into an aged society requires a proactive investment policy and an overhaul of govt bureaucracy
published : 29 Apr 2021 at 06:20
15 Mr Korn has proposed that the government allow more foreign experts to work in Thailand and the creation of an appropriate climate for work and investment. Somchai Poomlard
The Thai economy faces a spate of challenges with the latest outbreak compounding the difficulty of recovery efforts.
Kla Party leader and former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij pointed out that a proactive investment policy to promote R&D, startups, community businesses, spending reduction and bureaucratic reform are the only ways to ensure survival in Thailand.
15 Democrat Pongsin Senpong, front, concedes defeat in the by-election in Nakhon Si Thammarat s constituency 3, a long-time Democrat stronghold, on Sunday. He came second to the Palang Pracharat candidate. (Photo: Nujaree Raekrun)
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The Democrat Party has lost a major stronghold, conceding defeat in the by-election in constituency 3 on Sunday.
About 9.45pm, after vote counting was completed, Nuchnapang Limdulpaiboon, director of the provincial election committee, announced the unofficial result.
He said Ayasit Srisuphan of the Palang Pracharath Party came first with 48,701 votes.
Second was Pongsin Senpong of the Democrat Party with 44,632 votes, followed by Sarawut Suwanrat of the Kla Party with 6,216, and Apirat Rattanapan of the Seri Ruam Thai Party, with 2,302 votes.
17 A billboard promoting Democrat candidate Pongsing Senpong is seen on a roadside in Nakhon Si Thammarat. (Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)
The Democrat Party is fending off a challenge from its own coalition partner, Palang Pracharath, in a by-election that will be held on Sunday in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
The by-election in Constituency 3 will not alter the political landscape as the coalition led by Palang Pracharath has a comfortable majority in the House. However, it has attracted national attention after the Democrats, led by sacked MP Thepthai Senpong, attacked Palang Pracharath for lacking “political etiquette” by fielding a candidate in the traditional Democrat stronghold.