The Prime Minister opens the 2024 Thai Economic Seminar

The Prime Minister opened the annual Thai economic seminar 2024, emphasizing that CEOs play an important role in economic development, making the country and government more stable. He said he is ready to listen to opinions in order to solve problems, confirming that he supports entrepreneurs to have policies to reduce costs and soft loans. Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister, presided over the opening of the 2024 Thailand Economic Seminar 'Thailand 2025: Opportunities, Challenges and the Future', attended by Mr. Pichai Chunhavachira, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. The Prime Minister presented 18 awards to private and state enterprise business groups, including the Best Senior CEO, Best Mid-Size CEO, Best SME CEO, Best State Enterprise CEO, and Media Favorite CEO. The Prime Minister expressed his congratulations and said that his voice was a little hoarse today, but he was glad to wake up and be invited to join the event today. The Economic Journalists Association and the governmen t have had a long-standing relationship. There have been investigations and responses from the government in order to communicate to the public to understand. Many times, it is an analysis and digestion of information so that the public can access government information and understand the government's work better. It can be said that both of us are groups that work for the public. The public is the same target. Each person performs different duties according to their own responsibilities. The Prime Minister said that regardless of the size of the CEO in the business group, they create stability and growth for the country's economy, play an important role in helping develop the economy, making the country and the government more stable, and the management of every CEO is meaningful and an inspiration for all citizens. The Prime Minister also said that the government is well aware that today, business groups are facing economic problems and obstacles in terms of rapid changes in the world, whether it is innov ation and technology that comes in. The government is trying to support this so that everyone has the knowledge and access to as much information as possible. The government is aware of the problems or obstacles that have been encountered and has various policies that will help SMEs. The government is trying to help with both soft loans and many other policies until the end of the entire loop. And if there is any information, the government is ready to listen in order to truly solve the problems for the people. And I have always said that if we are in a problem, we will only see the problem from one angle. But if there are people who help each other look, help analyze, help support from many aspects, we will see the problem more completely and will be able to solve the problem directly. The government needs cooperation from all parties in order to solve the problems for the people, for the country as best as possible. At the end, the Prime Minister said that he would like to send encouragement to everyone t o continue to have this kind of motivation. And for those who feel that they are ready to do business and create new things for something, yes, I would like to give them encouragement and the government will try to support the people in every matter like this forever. Reporters reported that today the Prime Minister wore a hand-woven lotus-colored silk dress, which was the dress of Khunying Potjaman Damrongpong, his mother, who had worn it when Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra was Prime Minister.- Source: Thai News Agency