Cabinet to meet in Chiang Mai
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's first Cabinet retreat will be held in her hometown of Chiang Mai next month, deputy government spokesman Anusorn Eiamsa-ard said yesterday.
The meeting, scheduled for January 14-16, will be an integrated meeting involving both the government and private sectors, including local political leaders, Anusorn said. Participating ministers, MPs, local politicians and representatives of the private sector and the Thai Chamber of Commerce will gather first-hand information from their local areas and submit proposals for local development projects to the Cabinet.
“Currently, Chiang Mai is booming. Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol [Silapa-archa] said he wanted to make the province a hub of tourism in the region,” Anusorn said.
The Cabinet has yet to decide where the meeting will be held, but it will not be at City Hall or in a state agency office, he said.
“We are considering a place like the Night Safari, a hotel or the office of the Thai Chamber of Commerce,” he said.
The prime minister plans to hold mobile Cabinet meetings outside Bangkok once a month, Anusorn said. Following Chiang Mai, the next meeting will be held in a northeastern province.
