Minister calls on experts to brainstorm on reviving economy
Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong and University, Science, Research and Innovations Minister Suwit Mesinee met recently to discuss plans to revive the country’s economy once the Covid-19 outbreak comes to an end.
Sontirat has also invited scholars and economists to join him in launching an online forum this month to brainstorm on reviving the economy. He said he has taken on this job in his capacity as secretary of Palang Pracharat Party, while Suwit will lead the project.
The online forum will focus on key issues, such as what the economy will look like, what society will be and what state technology disruptions will be in after the outbreak.
The forum will also focus on what steps should be taken to prevent such outbreaks in the future. For instance, hotels may have to launch a Covid-free zone, which will involve the sanitising of rooms to ensure guests are confident of their safety.
Airlines will also have to think of a new Covid-free standard of practices.
He said these new standards will have to be put in place immediately because there is still no vaccine to fight the virus.
Sontirat added that the business sector will also have to start hunting for new opportunities in the post-Covid-19 era.
