PM Visits Rayong, Chanthaburi ahead of Cabinet Retreat

BANGKOK, Aug 24 (TNA) – Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha on Monday led cabinet members to the eastern provinces of Rayong and Chanthaburi before a cabinet retreat tomorrow. Deputy Government Spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said that the prime minister and delegation will visit COVID-19 Emergency Operation Center (EOC) and passenger checkpoint at U-Tapao International Airport and preside over the opening of Motorway No. 7 (section: Pattaya- Map Ta Phut). He will, then, meet with Rayong’s local tour operators as well as local fisherfolks and follow up on the implementation of several projects related to natural resource rehabilitation including a crab bank scheme. On Tuesday, he will chair the meeting on economic and social development of the Eastern provincial cluster I (Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Rayong) and the cabinet retreat at Star Convention Hotel in Rayong. He will also witness presentation ceremony of productive land tenure passbooks to Chachoengsao and Rayong provincial governors. After the cabinet retreat, the Prime Minister and delegation will observe a kick-off project to use rubber for road safety enhancement on a highway and a demonstration on rubber fender barrier (RFB) installment before returning to Bangkok. According to the Deputy Government Spokesperson, the cabinet retreat will help boost business activities in Rayong, especially accommodations. Last month, Rayong tourism was hit by Covid scare following a short visit of an infected Egyptian soldier. (TNA)