On November 27, 2020, at 10.00 hours, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomlin chaired the Meeting of the Strategic Committee on Development of the Southern Border Provinces No. 2/2020, in collaboration with the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center. The meeting took place at Meeting Room 301, Command Building 1, Government Houses. The meeting reported on the progress of urban planning adjustments to support the drive of a model city as the “stable, prosperous and sustainable triangle” in the area of Chana District, Songkhla. It also reported on the progress of the implementation of the 1,700 MW electricity quota allocation as the starting point for the development of the Cabinet’s resolution on May 7, 2019, and the progress on the implementation of investment promotion measures in the special economic development areas, a model city for future progressive industries in Chana District, Songkhla, following the private sector investment plan according to the Cabinet’s resolution on January 21, 2020. Furthermore, the meeting considered the project to bring fishing vessels out of the system for sustainable management of marine fishery resources in the southern border provinces as an urgent case and preparation of artificial coral in the southern border provinces’ coastal areas. It also discussed the Action Plan for Assisting and Developing Thai Workers in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces and workers returning from overseas under the Covid-19 situation in Songkhla, as well as continuous public health work in border provinces in the southern region, supporting the development of special development zones, developing industrial models of the future in Chana District, Songkhla (2021 – 2024).
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Division of Public Relations
27 November 2020
