"Manpower"

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Suvit Maesincee, Office of National Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Policy Council (ONES) director Kittipong Promwong, Thai Board of Investment (BOI) officials and several universities on Monday discussed developing a concrete policy to produce manpower to meet the skilled needs of companies.

THAILAND’S higher-education sector is shifting gears towards the future – setting sights on new engines of growth as well as the much-vaunted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

Asia is short of 7.7 million workers in the tourism industry and Thailand needs over one million skilled workers, according to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).