Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:39:28 -0500 
From: Schitt Laowattana <sl2k+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: [Part:4] The Seventh Nationa Plan(1992-1996)

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4. Guidelines and measures for development of S&T
 
    4.1 Stimulate the industrial sector to intensify application of
technology to increase productivity, via the following measures.
 
        4.1.1 Create a competitive environment by reducing protection to
domestic industry, including readjusting protection level, removal of
ban on new entrants to selective industries, relaxing import control and
reducing the high level of custom duties etc.
 
        4.1.2 Create favorable atmosphere by reducing tariff rates for
equipment used in laboratories, measurement and testing instruments, and
computer-aided manufacturing(CAM) to similar levels as rates on
machinery.
 
        4.1.3 Encourage and promote wider use of important technologies
for industry, such as management technology, computer-aided design and
computer-aided manufacturing(CAD/CAM), energy conservation, waste
management and quality control, together with provision of information
service and calibration service of measuring instruments, and product
testing under international standard.
 
        4.1.4 Amend government rules and regulations to enable
technological promotion organizations of the public sector to have
flexibility and to operate in an efficient manner as in private
organization, including permission to keep income from provision of
services to purchase other necessary equipment and permission to offer
other service etc.
 
        4.1.5 Support development and technological application in
specific field in order to enhance production efficiency of the socalled
target industries in the following ways.
 
            (1) Machinery and metal working industry.  Emphasize
development of metal working technology to strengthen capability to
undertake sub-contract work, such as in production of parts.  Promote
use of high precision technology to increase efficiency of mold and die
industry and production of machine tools.  Develop knowledge and
designing skills of machinery and machine tools, as well as set up
centers of excellence in each area of metal work.
 
            (2) Electronics industry.  Encourage investment in
application of high technology, such as integrated circuit fabrication,
and production of automatic branch exchanger(PABX).  Support joint
public and private research and development activities in producing
prototypes, which do not involve high technology, but which have high
market potential, such as personal computers, mobile telephones, and
application-scpecific integrated circuit.  Promote skill acquisition and
knowledge in product design, together with setting up center of
excellence in electronics technology.
 
            (3) Textile industry.  Support use of modern machinery to
reduce production costs of spinning weaving industries.  Promote
development of finishing technology, especially in bleaching and dyeing
for high quality products, as well as develop modern management
technology.
 
            (4) Food industry.  Support research in basic knowledge
concerning raw materials, post harvest technology, processing
technology, food formula.  Improve qulaity of food, to ensure hygienic,
sterilized and contamination-free food, and promote quality control and
production management, together with research on industrial waste
recycling.
 
            (5) Plastic industry.  Promote development of compounding
technology to support development of intermediate and engineering
plastics for industrial use, as well as enhance efficiency of machinery.
 
            (6) Iron and steel industry.  Support development of melting
quality, cost reduction in melting, efficient use of melting furnace, as
well as technological development of alloyed steel production, and
alloyed steel casting.
 
            (7). Gems and jewerly industry.  Promote research on
precious material for jewerly industry, as well as issue gems color and
clarity certification.
 
 
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Schitt  Laowattana
Center of Operation for FIeld roBOtics Development(FIBO)
Bangkok 10140, THAILAND
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