SEC still pursued as logistics boon

The government is pushing ahead with the plan to develop the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC), an economic and transport infrastructure development project that will provide a better connection between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea while facilitating more vigorous economic development.

- SUPOJ WANCHAROEN

Deputy Transport Minister Manaporn Charoensri confirmed this while exchanging opinions with public and private parties from Surat Thani, Ranong, Chumphon and Nakhon Si Thammarat provinces at a brainstorming session yesterday in Surat Thani.

All these participants were representatives of organisations leading the economic development in this cluster of southern provinces.

“The government now treats the development in the South as important, as it has a proven capacity to thrive in terms of both economic and tourism development,” said the minister.