2 firms to print vouchers
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Chan Wanich Security Printing Co and TKS Technologies will be contracted to print digital TV vouchers instead of the Government Lottery Office out of concern that the GLO cannot meet the time frame of one month to complete the job.
Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, said yesterday that the hiring of the two security printing companies was conditional on them lowering their fees below the Bt2.85-per-coupon quote from the GLO. The NBTC is confident that it can meet the deadline to start giving away the coupons on October 15 to 14.1 million households.
It plans to give away 8 million vouchers this year.
According to the home-registration database, the country has 23.8 million households, of which 14.1 million are owned by their residents.
The voucher distribution will cover Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Songkhla and Nakhon Ratchasima before expanding to 45 provinces in November.
It will reach 8 million households this year.
