Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has urged Japan to invest in railways connecting the country's eastern and western areas.
The deputy prime minister outlined the benefits for Japan from constructing a new East-West rail link in Thailand, while addressing more than 500 Japanese businessmen who gathered for a business forum at Bangkok's Queen Sirikit Convention Center on Tuesday.
The East-West corridor's lower railway connects the Laem Chabang port in Rayong province, where the Map Ta Phut industrial estate, home to voluminous Japanese factories, is located, to Bangkok and to Kanchanaburi province in the west, and to Dawei in Myanmar where a special economic zone is being constructed.
"This line is even more vital and beneficial to Japan than the (planned) Bangkok to Chiang Mai Shinkansen," said the deputy minister. "It is up to Japan to decide."
Additionally, Mr Somkid tried to persuade Japanese investors to invest in the country with economic incentives such as tax exemption over 15 years, while adding that land ownership rights for foreigners are being considered.
Mr Somkid, who expressed his fondness for Japanese food and hot springs, is scheduled to take Thai investors to Japan this autumn for a business matching with Japanese investors.
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has urged Japan to invest in railways connecting the country's eastern and western areas.The deputy prime minister outlined the benefits for Japan from constructing a new East-West rail link in Thailand, while addressing more than 500 Japanese businessmen who gathered for a business forum at Bangkok's Queen Sirikit Convention Center on Tuesday.The East-West corridor's lower railway connects the Laem Chabang port in Rayong province, where the Map Ta Phut industrial estate, home to voluminous Japanese factories, is located, to Bangkok and to Kanchanaburi province in the west, and to Dawei in Myanmar where a special economic zone is being constructed."This line is even more vital and beneficial to Japan than the (planned) Bangkok to Chiang Mai Shinkansen," said the deputy minister. "It is up to Japan to decide."Additionally, Mr Somkid tried to persuade Japanese investors to invest in the country with economic incentives such as tax exemption over 15 years, while adding that land ownership rights for foreigners are being considered.Mr Somkid, who expressed his fondness for Japanese food and hot springs, is scheduled to take Thai investors to Japan this autumn for a business matching with Japanese investors.
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