On March 1, 2023, at 13.30 hours, the Labour Minister, Mr. Suchart Chomklin, assigned the Department of Skill Development’s Director-General and Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour, Mr. Prateep Songlamyong, to attend the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Committee Meeting No. 1/2023. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, who presided over the meeting at the Phakdi Bodin Building, Government Houses.
The meeting reported on the progress of the EEC project to develop a water storage area to replace the “Bueng Suea Dam” in the area to support the train service of the high-speed rail linking three airports. It also reported the progress of the second runway and taxiway project under the U-Tapao Airport Development Project and Eastern Aviation City, solving challenges of the high-speed rail project connecting three airports, and certification of financial statements of the EEC Office for the 2022 fiscal year.
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Division of Public Relations
1 March 2023
