Policy Announcement*

Mr. President,
Distinguished Members,  

Persuant to His Majesty the King's gracious appointment of myself as Prime Minister, per Royal Command dated 4 August 1988, and the subsequent appointment of the Council of Ministers, per Royal Command dated 9 August 1988. The Council of Ministers has now formulated the policies for the state administration, based upon the national The governmentll-being, administrative development, as for the democratic government, with King as Head of State, economic, social, and security development, with the focus on the national reputation in the regional and global stage, as to present to the Parliament, as follows:

Political Policy

The government shall intend to respect and protect the institutions of Nation, Religion, King, and democratic government, with King as Head of State, and implement, by all means, the uphold of the national well-being and prosperity, following these steps:

1.	The government shall promote and support the development of the role of the political parties and the Parliament, in accordance with the democratic government, with King as Head of State, encourage the public understandings in the democracy, generate the awareness of the duties and responsibilities of the citizens, and encourage the participation in the national and local politics.
2.	The government shall support and improve the distribution of the administration to the regions and provinces,

Policy on the State Administration

In order to enhance the efficiency of the state administration, as to meet the national requirements, the government has formulated the following policies:

1.	The government shall improve the welfare of the civil servants, as to stimulate the morale and will in the operations, and suppress the corruption, malfeasance and inefficiency.
2.	The government shall intend to facilitate the state administration and services, be it central, regional, or local.
3.	The government shall increase salary, benefits, and remunerations of the civil servants, kamnans, village headmen, and local administrative officers, in accordance with the cost of living.

Economic Policy

The government has envisaged the economic policies for the national well-being and prosperity, conforming to the flexibility and versatility in the international trades, which shall maintain the economic stability, enhance the competitiveness and efficiency of the private sector in the national and international markets, as well as, support the income distribution and national economic growths.

As to achieve the goal, the government has formulated the following policies:

1. General Affairs

1.1	The government shall support the private participation in the national economic development, according to the free economy system, and harmonize the public and private cooperations.
1.2	The government shall promote the mutual cooperations of the public and private agencies, support the survey, development, and expansion of the international investment and tourism markets, as for the national employment and foreign technological transfer.
1.3	The government shall balance the agriculture, industry, and service.
1.4	The government shall improve the industrial and technological development, maintain the agriculture and agricultural industry, as important factors for the national economic development.
1.5	the government shall focus on the distribution of the economic development to the provinces, as to resolve the economic problems and income distribution, and generate the employment in the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors.
1.6	The government shall revise the laws, rules, and regulations, as to support the economic activities, enhance the efficiency, and reduce the economic drawbacks, as for the national benefits.
1.7	The government shall enhance the skilled labour practice, as to meet the national economic growths.
1.8	The government shall support and improve the agricultural and industrial exports.

2. Finance

2.1	The government shall improve the taxation structure and system, as to facilitate the economic development.
2.2	The government shall implement the financial and monetary measures, as to support the developments of the private sector, which shall, in turn, strengthen the national economic status.
2.3	The government shall maintain the national economic stability, by enhancing the administrative efficiency of the national expenditure, controling the debt burden, in line with the national capacity, and preserving the financial discipline.
2.4	The government shall enhance and support the financial system, as for the mobilization of the capital, financial and capital markets, as for the investment support, and preserve the security of the national financial institutions.
2.5	The government shall enhance the local financial administration and treasury.

3. Industry

3.1	The government shall support the distribution of the industrial opportunity to the provinces, as for the comfort, safety, and benefits, and implement the efficient financial measures.
3.2	The government shall heed special attentions to the national industries, especially those involved with the natural resources, and market-oriented technology.
3.3	The government shall support the small and medium enterprises, as for the national industrial exports.

4. Agriculture

4.1	The government shall increase the income of poor agriculturists, by supporting and enhancing the manufacturing system, according to the internal and external markets, and resolve the low prices of agricultural products.
4.2	The government shall promote the integral agriculture, by providing the technological service, agricultural loan, manufacturing factors, and marketing information, as to increase the productivity and quality, and reduce the manufacturing cost.
4.3	The government shall provide the assistance to poor agriculturists, implement the land reform, and improve the distribution system of the land ownerships
4.4	The government shall establish the agricultural joint-organization, between the public agencies, private sector, and agriculturists, as to implement the agricultural development plans.

5. Natural Resources and Environment

5.1	The government shall enhance the national management and administration systems for the natural resources, i.e., land, water, forest, fishery, mineral, and energy, as for the national benefits.
5.2	The government shall preserve, revive, and develop the natural resources and environment.
5.3	The government shall recruit new personnel and researches, harness and preserve the natural resources.

6. Service

6.1	The government shall promote the national tourism, as to generate the national employment, foreign investment, and Thai culture.
6.2	The government shall maximize the infrastructure capacity, as to meet the economic development, and encourage the participation of the private sector in the affected areas.
6.3	The government shall improve the management efficiency of the state enterprises, as to correspond to the economic growths.

Policy on the Science and Technology

The government is determined to enhance the scientific and technological capacity, as to meet the national economic and social developments, and support the long-term technological self-reliance, hence, shall follow these steps:

1.	The government shall promote and support the manufacturing and value- adding of the agricultural, industrial, and energy products, the management of the natural resources and environment, and the national security, by means of the scientific and technological advancement.
2.	The government shall establish the research institutes, enhance the process of the technological tranfers, as to mobilize internal and external cooperations, and encourage the private participation in the researches, manufacturing, and marketing developments.
3.	The government shall implement methods and devices for the administration of the modern Information Technology, as to increase the private competitive capacity in the international markets.
4.	The government shall improve the national human resource, as in science and technology, in accordance with the economic and social developments.

Policy on Security

As to preserve the national security, sovereignty, integrity, and benefits, the government shall follow these steps:

1.	The government shall improve and upgrade the armed forces, as for the efficiency, promptness, and modernity in the prevention and suppression of the national threats, in accordance with the national financial status.
2.	The government shall improve the reserve force system, as for the efficiency and promptness.
3.	The government shall implement the efficient measures, as to prepare the military mobilization system.
4.	The government shall support and promote the military researches and developments, as well as, the manufacturing of the national weapons, through the collaborations of government agencies, private sector, and friendly nations.
5.	The government shall implement the national force, military, paramilitary, and people alike, as to minimize the internal and external threats
6.	The government shall support and promote the role of the army in the national developments, social assistance, and alleviation of national disasters.
7.	The government shall improve the military morale, will, welfare, standard of living, as well as, professional education, as for the future career.
8.	The government shall support the veteran welfare, especially for the handicapped soldiers and families of dead ones, as for the decency and pride.

Foreign Policy

The government shall run the foreign policies freely, as for the national independence, sovereignty, integrity, security, and benefits, cherish the national economic prosperity , harmonize the public and private collaborations, as for the efficiency and unity, as well as, cooperate with sovereign nations and international organizations, following these steps:

1.	The government shall preserve the national rights, respect the international treaties and agreements, upon equality and reciprocity basis, and institute the United Nations' Charters and International Declaration of Human Rights.
2.	The government shall promote the international peace and peaceful co-existence, upon the independence, sovereignty, integrity, equality, and justice basis, non-interference in the internal administration, and peaceful resolution of the conflicts.
3.	The government shall enhance international economic and social relations, especially in the expansion of trade markets, promote the understandings and goodwill with the neighbour countries, as for the regional peace, concordance, and benefits, and resolve the regional conflicts diplomatically.
4.	The government shall promote and reiterate the political, economic, social cooperations, and unity, with the member countries of the Association of the South East Asian Nations, and implement efficient measures, as to establish the South East Asian region as peace, liberty, and neutrality area.
5.	The government shall establish the balanced diplomatic relations with the superpowers, as for the national benefits, in order to maintain the national and regional security and economic prosperity.
6.	The government shall establish the bilateral and multi-lateral economic and academic relations with both the developed and developing countries, as to increase the agricultural, industrial, service market, investment, raw material, technology, academic and personnel development, promote the economic growth, and raise the standard of living of the people.
7.	The government shall implement efficient measures, as to diffuse Thai foreign policies, and promote Thai reputation and culture, as for the good understandings of Thailand and Thai people.
8.	The government shall protect the rights and liberties of the Thai people abroad.

Social Policy

The government shall aspire for the social justice, quality of life, educational opportunity, health care, life security, good morals, and national identity, following these steps:

1. Security

2. Education

3. Public Health

4. Social Service

Mr. President,
Distinguished Members,

In accordance with the aforementioned, I would like to vow that the government shall respect and follow all the policies strictly, as to bring about the national prosperity and well-being. The government shall achieve the objectives, through the collaborations of the distinguished members.

Thank you.

*Parliament Assembly Report of 1/1988, 25 August 1988, Pages 3-16

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