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Thu, 08/18/2011 - 15:40
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Deputy PM: Thai universities all set for ASEAN regional integration
BANGKOK, August 18 (TNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit said he was confident that Thailand would not have much difficulty in its integration into the ASEAN Community in 2015.
Yongyuth made the expression on Thursday when opening an academic meeting of the Council of University Faculty Senate of Thailand (CUFST), entitled “Preparing Thai universities for the establishment of the ASEAN Community”.
Yongyuth said in his speech that preparing universities for the upcoming ASEAN community was a complicated task that required strategic cooperation at national and regional levels.
Yongyuth, who is also Minister of Interior, explained that in order to realize the goal, the government must prepare the country on three fronts namely on politics, economics, and social and culture.
The senior Pheu Thai Party official however voiced confidence in Thailand's smooth integration into the ASEAN Community, reasoning that Thai universities were capable of producing quality workforce without relying on foreigners.
Separately, Secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Supachai Panichpakdi, delivered a keynote speech at a technical forum entitled “Connections of the economies of the world, ASEAN and Thailand”.
Supachai told participants that the UN had endeavoured to promote equal education worldwide, explaining that the world’s future was not preoccupied only by trade issues but also the promotion of freedom of expression.
On this issue, he said every society must be guaranteed with equal access to communication, free of any digital divide, as a society of knowledge, ideas and innovation.
The UNCTAD Secretary General said in the current society, it was no longer necessary for people to commute to work; they could do so at home and communicate via digital channels. He added that this was a global trend and the ASEAN Community would take a step toward this trend. (TNA)
Yongyuth made the expression on Thursday when opening an academic meeting of the Council of University Faculty Senate of Thailand (CUFST), entitled “Preparing Thai universities for the establishment of the ASEAN Community”.
Yongyuth said in his speech that preparing universities for the upcoming ASEAN community was a complicated task that required strategic cooperation at national and regional levels.
Yongyuth, who is also Minister of Interior, explained that in order to realize the goal, the government must prepare the country on three fronts namely on politics, economics, and social and culture.
The senior Pheu Thai Party official however voiced confidence in Thailand's smooth integration into the ASEAN Community, reasoning that Thai universities were capable of producing quality workforce without relying on foreigners.
Separately, Secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Supachai Panichpakdi, delivered a keynote speech at a technical forum entitled “Connections of the economies of the world, ASEAN and Thailand”.
Supachai told participants that the UN had endeavoured to promote equal education worldwide, explaining that the world’s future was not preoccupied only by trade issues but also the promotion of freedom of expression.
On this issue, he said every society must be guaranteed with equal access to communication, free of any digital divide, as a society of knowledge, ideas and innovation.
The UNCTAD Secretary General said in the current society, it was no longer necessary for people to commute to work; they could do so at home and communicate via digital channels. He added that this was a global trend and the ASEAN Community would take a step toward this trend. (TNA)
