Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - Thai Energy
Minister Pichai Naripthaphan has suggested that manufacturers hit by flooding
consider relocating to other estates in Thailand instead of to other countries.
Visiting Nava Nakorn Industrial Estate, Pichai
yesterday expressed confidence that Thailand remains attractive for investors
when compared with other Asean countries.
He said that if companies that were in one of
the seven inundated estates wanted to relocate their production facilities,
they should consider moving to other Thai industrial parks or the land-bridge
project developed by the government.
Nava Nakorn's compound is expected to be dry
by December 15, as pumps are draining it, he said. The estate's chairman,
Chainarong Noonpakdee, said the recovery task should be competed before that
date, by December 10.
He said he had not heard of any companies
planning to move out of the estate. He called for the government to give tax
breaks for five to seven years for companies operating in Nava Nakorn.
Wittaya Launglueyos, senior general manager of
Rojana Industrial Park, said it planned to invest in a floodwall around the
perimeter of the compound, totalling 67 kilometres. The cost would be 30
million baht (US$973,000) per kilometre, and it plans to fund it with a loan
from the Government Savings Bank at an interest rate of only 0.01 per cent per
annum.
He said the power plant that generates
electricity for the industrial park was expected to be refurbished in six to
eight months. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand will provide
power in the meantime.
Kriengsak Kovaphana, assistant supervisory
director of Italian-Thai Development Group, said it might win construction
projects for flood prevention worth about Bt3 billion to Bt4 billion from industrial
parks.
Watcharapong Thongrung in Bangkok/The Nation |
ANN
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