Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned Advisor to the Labour Minister, Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan, to visit Prachuap Khiri Khan Province to encourage participants in the second occupational alleviation project and urgent employment activity on the construction of a gabion box dam. The project aims to support people who have suffered from disasters, those who are unemployed, have no income, and those suffering from occupational difficulties to have a job.
On June 24, 2021, at 10.00 hours, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned Advisor to the Labour Minister Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan visited and encouraged participants in the second occupational alleviation project and urgent employment activity on the construction of a gabion box dam in Huai Phraek Talui Sai, Moo 5 and 6, Khao Jao, Pranburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. In addition, the Ministry of Labour’s Spokesperson (on politics), Mrs. Thienrat Navamawat, Pranburi District Chief Mr. Preeda Sukjai, Khao Jao Subdistrict Chief Mr. Petchporn Komolrit, and heads of government agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Prachuap Khiri Khan also joined the occasion. The Labour Minister’s Advisor said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister and Minister of Defense General Prayuth Chan-ocha, and the Ministry of Labour under the supervision of Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan gives importance and high priority to solving problems in various fields for workers, companies, and the general public.
Mrs. Thiwalrat continued that today, the Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin, assigned her to visit the area to encourage participants in the project to solve occupational issues in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province in 2021. The second occupational alleviation project and urgent employment activity on constructing a gabion box dam were in Huai Phraek Talui Sai, Pranburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. Points 4, 5, and 6 had 10 participants each, for a total of 30 people. The activities will be conducted between June 15 to 24, 2021. Participants will receive a compensation of 300 Baht per day for not more than ten days per person. The activity is a joint effort between the Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Labour Office and Pranburi District. In Prachuap Khiri Khan, there are 263,434 people in the workforce, whereby 258,581 are employed, and 4,852 are unemployed. There are 3,504 establishments registered under Section 33 of the Social Security System. A total of 90,097 people are insured. There are 32,644 foreign workers and 3,504 employers with foreign workers in their business. There are 2,254 people working in fisheries, with 141,464 informal workers, 64,894 people working in agriculture, and 76,570 people working in the non-agriculture sector. The Covid-19 outbreak happened in 3 workplaces with 920 accumulated infected employees. A total of 16 organizations have temporarily stopped operations, with 1,527 employees.
“The project to solve occupational problems, or the urgent employment activity aims to hire workers who are suffering, including the unemployed who have no income, to have work. Within the project, they are hired to do various tasks in the public interest. In 2021, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province has launched the second round of activities. This time the activity was to build check dams to store water for use in agricultural crops, and water for consumption for the villagers in the community throughout the year as well,” concluded Mrs. Thiwalrat.
Pranburi District Chief Mr. Preeda Sukjai said that today, the Labour Minister’s Advisor visited Khao Jao Subdistrict in Pranburi to encourage villagers affected by the Covid-19 situation. Pranburi District received a budget for the occupational alleviation project, the urgent hiring activity to build a dam to slow down the water. The project was organized in 3 points at 30,000 Baht each, totaling 90,000 Baht. The effort supports 40 households, 1,200 rai of land, an average of 200 rai per point. Khao Jao Subdistrict is the watershed area of Pranburi. Most villagers grow fruits such as durian, jackfruit, and mango that need water. The construction of a dam prevents droughts throughout the dry season, helping farmers and villagers with another channel to use water for agriculture.
Mr. Setthachai Poolsawat, 35, a villager in Khao Jao Subdistrict who participated in the urgent employment activity to build a dam, said he owns a durian plantation with a yield of 2 rai. The dam is very much appreciated, especially in the dry season, to have water to use for agriculture.
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Division of Public Relations
24 June 2021
