Govt report? Could do better!
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It was not clear from the newspaper reports whether the government produced a written version of the report of their first year activity or not.
There were few actual numbers given. It was reported that the introduction of the Bt300 minimum wage “at the beginning of the year went well”. My recollection was that the minimum wage was introduced with a definite stutter, took a while to be introduced in regions and was a source of aggravation at the time.
It was easier for the opposition. They sneakily used data gathered from independent sources to make their arguments.
The most damning things for the report were that it took so long to produce and had so little substance. The other fact that calls into question the government’s performance was the fourth reshuffle of the cabinet in two years recently to introduce “more suitable people” for the ministerial jobs.
Richard Bowler
Bangkok
