PM visits South on a one-day trip
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Prime Minister Prayut Chanocha on Monday departed for a one-day trip to the southern provinces of Surat Thani and Songkhla to listen to southerners’ problems and boost the local economy.
He also presided over an opening ceremony of a new border checkpoint in Songkhla’s Sadao district.
Prayut started the trip with a visit to Surat Thani’s Punpin district during which he was briefed about planting banana trees in the rubber plantations as a way to earn extra income.
In Songkhla, he was briefed by several authorities concerned about the Rubber City project in Hat Yai district including Prince of Songkhla University before proceeding to Sadao checkpoint and returning to Bangkok.
