PM Visits Narathiwat, Chairs Cabinet Retreat

BANGKOK, Jan 20 (TNA) – Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha led cabinet members in a field trip to Narathiwat on Monday morning and will chair the cabinet retreat there tomorrow. The Prime Minister started his visit to Chao Mae Toh Moh Shrine and met with representatives of 4 Chinese-Thai Associations. He then travelled to Sugai Kolok municipality office to follow up on the construction progress of the municipality’s flood prevention system and meet with the local people. In the afternoon, the Prime Minister will travel to Prachumchon Thara Temple to meet with Buddhist and Muslim Thais before heading to Office of the Islamic Committee of Narathiwat Province to meet with religious leaders and Muslim Thais. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister will chair the meeting on economic and social development of the Southern border provincial cluster (Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala), and the 1/2020 cabinet retreat at Princess of Naradhiwas University before returning to Bangkok in the afternoon. According to the Prime Minister, the main objective of the field visit is to boost investors’ confidence on the economy, trade and investment in the Southern border provinces, as well as to follow up on water management progress, healthcare service development, promotion of OTOP product e-commerce. (TNA)