Deputy Prime Minister assigns Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to prepare for the aging society of Thailand in the following 20 years.
17 July 2015 at Asia Hotel, Bangkok; Dr.Pichet Durongkaveroj, Minister of Science and Technology presides over “Stakeholder-brainstorming Meeting” to formulate Thai aging society vision in the following 20 years under the project on preparation for Thai aging society in the future organized by National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Office, MOST. Minister says that the challenge of Thai society to become the completed aging society in the following 7 years and move forward to the highest level in the next 16 years and also suggests to develop sustainable plan for aging society in the future.
Minister says that Gen.Prayut Chan-ocha, Prime Minister assigns Prof.Dr.Yongyuth Yuthavong, Deputy Prime Minister to prepare for aging society in the future. Therefore, Dr.Yongyuth Yuthavong assigns MOST to be responsible to apply future forecast mechanism of APEC Center for Technology Foresight of National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Office. This center has an experiences on the future forecast for more than 16 years and formulate Thailand future vision in the following 20 years(B.E.2577), operated by MOST jointly collaborated with Office of Prime Minister, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and Ministry of Culture.
“Future forecast is the urgent matter which Prime Minister assigns every agencies to formulate the 20- year strategic plan which is linked with aging society future-plan. This preparation covers the future technology for the working elderly after retirement, developing living quality and being able to communicate with descendants, including the preparation for the elderly to create the economic value in various dimensions. Additionally it should concentrate on the reduction of working-age population and preparation to increase labor’s potential and efficiency and also domestic and foreign labor migration in Thai economic system. This meeting today should emphasize on the practical method, jointly consider what’s the issue to submit to cabinet for approval and what’s the issue to submit to be ministerial regulations which can be in practice.”
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