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00:00If you ask Mr. Manat's personal opinion,
00:02how do you think the meeting of the Thai-Pakistan board came out today?
00:07I think for the representatives of all 5 parties,
00:12I agree with the decision of the Thai-Pakistan board.
00:16Yes.
00:17Because there is nothing that has to be negotiated.
00:21Because the value of the couple is constantly increasing.
00:24Yes.
00:25Especially the 1.3 million baht in the Thai-Pakistan board.
00:29I think the Thai-Pakistan board is very good.
00:35The Thai-Pakistan board is a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
00:40It is a foreign ministry that has been in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than a year.
00:43It is a very good organization.
00:45I would like to thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
00:48for the many messages that I have received.
00:52Yes.
00:53But of course,
00:55the Thai-Pakistan board,
00:57yesterday I had a meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand.
01:01It is a very good organization.
01:02I agree with the government's statement on the first of November.
01:07Yes.
01:08It is a very good organization.
01:10It is a very good organization.
01:12It is a very good organization.
01:14It is a very good organization.
01:16So, we have to do everything we can.
01:18Yes.
01:19We have to do everything we can.
01:21We see that today's meeting has come to a conclusion.
01:23In order to improve the low-intensity price of 400 baht,
01:26or should we postpone the investigation?
01:29I think that if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms,
01:32the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also confirms that the price of 400 baht is not included.
01:36Yes.
01:36In the past, we have had problems like this.
01:39We have to postpone it.
01:41We have to postpone it.
01:42Each party must have information to confirm
01:45what is appropriate.
01:48I think so.
01:49In my point of view.
01:51Yes.
01:52In your point of view,
01:53is 400 baht per day appropriate?
01:56Because the committee that we interviewed before
01:58said that the appropriate price should be around 490 baht per day.
02:03I would like to say that
02:05in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
02:07we have an organization
02:09that has a capacity of about 80 people.
02:12Yes.
02:13We divide it into three levels.
02:14The first level is SMEs that have more than 300 employees.
02:18Yes.
02:18Most of these levels are tied to employers.
02:23Now, if it's 300 baht per day,
02:24if it's 400 baht per day,
02:25the price will go up to 400 baht per day.
02:28Yes.
02:29As for the middle level,
02:30we have an agreement.
02:33If the employee's salary goes up,
02:35there will be an adjustment of the salary.
02:38Yes.
02:38For example, if the salary goes up to 400 baht per day,
02:41the difference in the salary will be around
02:45737 baht, right?
02:48Yes.
02:48The difference will be adjusted for the old people as well.
02:50This is the middle level.
02:53The large-scale level
02:55does not affect the low-paid employees
02:57because there is already an adjustment
02:58for the high-paid employees.
03:01Yes.
03:02Therefore, I think that the adjustment for the low-paid employees
03:05is actually for the employees.
03:06Everyone can pay
03:08not just 400 baht,
03:10but more than 400 baht,
03:11around 500 baht.
03:12On a daily basis,
03:13it's not enough, right?
03:16Yes.
03:17Because the employment agency
03:19has an incentive,
03:20a monthly salary,
03:22a bicycle fee,
03:23a property price,
03:23and a uniform.
03:25All in all,
03:25if you can pay,
03:26it's more than 500 baht, right?
03:27Yes.
03:29But if you are an employee who pays 400 baht,
03:31the country will see the impact.
03:33There are some countries that have some impact,
03:36but it can be adjusted.
03:39If the government has an increase
03:40in employment
03:42for businesses that have an impact,
03:44there will be a reduction in taxes.
03:47It can be reduced in any way.
03:48It can be reduced in any way.
03:49It can be reduced in any way.
03:51It's up to the people.
03:52Yes.
03:53Mr. Manath,
03:54are you worried that
03:55on your side,
03:56if there is an adjustment for the low-paid employees,
03:58the price of the products
04:00may increase as well?
04:02Yes.
04:03I think it's one of the factors
04:04that we are always looking at.
04:06Even if the low-paid employees don't increase,
04:08the products of the consumers
04:10will increase
04:12according to their market.
04:14There is news that
04:15the price of low-paid employees will increase on October 1.
04:17The price of chicken is now
04:19from 2 baht to 4 baht.
04:23The price of fresh vegetables that we saw on the survey
04:25has already increased.
04:26If they don't increase, they can't live.
04:28Yes.
04:29This is what we are worried about.
04:31Yes.
04:32Mr. Manath,
04:32in the case of the main components,
04:34they said that
04:35if there is an increase in the low-paid employees,
04:37there may be a reduction
04:38in the number of employees
04:40that they are hiring.
04:41In this regard,
04:42what do you think about the impact
04:44that the main components may be laid off?
04:47I think that
04:49there are some impacts.
04:50For example, in the year 2054-55,
04:54the government increased the adjustment
04:55of 300 baht per person.
04:57Yes.
04:58In terms of the impact,
04:59it is about gold.
04:59Now, it is 3 kilograms.
05:01Within 3-4 years,
05:02there will be a reduction.
05:04But the country
05:06has been able to jump a lot over the years.
05:08But this year,
05:09it is less than 5 years ago.
05:11Right?
05:12If I calculate,
05:14in 10 years,
05:14we haven't adjusted the low-paid employees.
05:16Every year,
05:17every year,
05:19we have to adjust 8 baht per year.
05:23So, as I said,
05:24in the case of the low-paid employees,
05:26if they don't remember the year,
05:27there will be a reduction.
05:28So, we have to wait
05:30for the government to announce the low-paid employees.
05:32This is one part.
05:33Yes.
05:34As for the employees,
05:35if there is an adjustment,
05:37as I heard from the employees yesterday,
05:38they didn't deny
05:39the adjustment of the low-paid employees.
05:41They denied the adjustment of 400 baht.
05:43Even though they didn't allow the adjustment,
05:44the low-paid employees can adjust.
05:45But we have to look at the economic factors.
05:48In terms of income tax,
05:50the income tax,
05:51and the investment business,
05:53we have to follow the legal process.
05:57According to Article 78,
05:59as I heard from the employees yesterday,
06:01they agreed to the adjustment of the low-paid employees.
06:03But they denied the adjustment of 400 baht.
06:06I'm a middle-class person.
06:07I'm talking like this.
06:08Yes.
06:08I'm listening.
06:10From your point of view,
06:12with the economic situation like this,
06:14which is lower than expected,
06:15is it appropriate
06:16to adjust the low-paid employees
06:17to 400 baht in October?
06:20I think it's very appropriate.
06:22The government is waiting for the announcement.
06:23But on the first day of the meeting,
06:25they will decide when to adjust
06:27the 400 baht.
06:29Yes.
06:30But as you said,
06:31most Thai employees
06:32already have a low-paid employee
06:34of more than 400 baht.
06:35So, the adjustment of 400 baht
06:38is not appropriate.
06:39Do you think the people who benefit the most
06:41are the low-paid employees?
06:43I would like to say that
06:44I just mentioned the low-paid employees.
06:46Yes.
06:46They are not the employees.
06:47The low-paid employees are more than 500 baht.
06:49Because they have
06:51a job,
06:52a salary,
06:54a salary,
06:55and a salary.
06:57They have a car,
06:58a job,
06:59and a salary.
07:00So, the low-paid employees
07:02are more than 500 baht.
07:03Yes.
07:04But the adjustment of the employees
07:05is only the employees.
07:07Yes.
07:07It depends on the situation.
07:08It depends on the situation.
07:09It depends on the situation.
07:11It depends on the situation.
07:13Yes.
07:14Because there are a lot of
07:16international employees.
07:17Yes.
07:17More than Thai people.
07:18Yes.
07:19Yes.
07:21Suppose that today
07:22the board postpones the meeting.
07:24Will there be a new meeting?
07:26Or when will it be concluded?
07:28Because according to the announcement,
07:30the adjustment of the low-paid employees
07:32will be on October 1.
07:34Yes.
07:35Regarding the low-paid employees,
07:36if there is no public opinion
07:38to say that they will be adjusted,
07:39we will not move much.
07:43Yes.
07:43Because we will push them
07:44one round at a time.
07:45In the past,
07:46if you did not vote for the low-paid employees,
07:49the board would not hold a meeting.
07:50Yes.
07:50There were very few meetings.
07:52Yes.
07:52There were only a few meetings a year.
07:54Yes.
07:54But because there is a public opinion
07:55to adjust the low-paid employees,
07:57and it is a policy of the government
07:59to adjust
08:01400 baht,
08:02it is in line with
08:03the policy of the Ministry of Finance
08:05and the Ministry of Social Welfare.
08:07We can't stand this policy.
08:09We must ask the low-paid employees
08:11Yes.
08:11to adjust the low-paid employees.
08:13Yes.
08:13If today,
08:15the result of the discussion has not come out,
08:17like yesterday,
08:17the private sector has come out
08:19to move in opposition.
08:20And from the point of view of the workers,
08:23how will it move in the future?
08:27I think the policy of the Minister,
08:30Mr. Nipan Ranyutmakarn,
08:31Mr. Prem,
08:32and Mr. Kulbhavarn,
08:33I think
08:34there are many workers.
08:35Yesterday,
08:36I went to Samarachan
08:37which was led by Mr. Sawit,
08:38and I gave a part of it.
08:40As for the employment opportunities,
08:41the cleanliness,
08:42which we have controlled,
08:43it is an opportunity.
08:44We haven't moved yet.
08:46We will talk about the news.
08:47We will discuss it.
08:48If it goes to the government,
08:49we will go to the Ministry of Finance.
08:51Yes.
08:51The Ministry of Finance.
08:52Because we think that
08:53now, the mob thing,
08:55it is not a factor in the movement.
08:57So, we use this reason
08:58to support the government.
09:00Yes.
09:01As for the labor cost,
09:02it must be determined by the Ministry of Finance.
09:05But on the side of the employees,
09:07in addition to adjusting the labor cost,
09:08the low-wage labor cost,
09:09do you want the government-related agencies
09:11to help us more than this now?
09:14I think the Ministry of Finance
09:16can help.
09:17I think VAT is important.
09:18I look at the total number of people
09:20who received the information.
09:21The tax rate
09:23has dropped a bit.
09:24Now, it affects the whole department.
09:26Like this.
09:27This can help
09:28both the employees,
09:30the employees and the employees.
09:31The general public as well.
09:32Yes.
09:33This is the first point.
09:34The second point,
09:34I think
09:35the Ministry of Labor
09:37must be intensively
09:39investigating
09:40which departments
09:41do not comply with the labor law
09:43for various agencies.
09:45Yes.
09:45There is also a problem
09:47with the tax rate.
09:49Yes.
09:49Mr. Manath,
09:50are you worried about the competition
09:52between countries?
09:53If we compare,
09:54in ASEAN countries,
09:55Thailand has a lower rate
09:57than other countries,
09:59especially Vietnam.
10:00In your opinion,
10:03are you worried
10:03that Thailand may lose
10:04in this competition?
10:07I'm worried.
10:09In Thailand,
10:10we need to increase
10:11the labor force.
10:13If we compare,
10:14now,
10:16Thailand is in the middle of investment.
10:17So,
10:18the government
10:19and society
10:21have invested in many countries,
10:22but the tax rate has dropped.
10:24They will not move.
10:24They will take some of it.
10:27Yes.
10:27I think
10:28moving
10:30the production base
10:31to our neighbors
10:32or in the ASEAN group,
10:34I think it's not a big deal.
10:35I think it's not a big deal.
10:36Yes.
10:37Yes.
10:37I think it's not a big deal.
10:39About upskill,
10:40reskill,
10:41many agencies have talked about this
10:43for a long time
10:43to solve the problem
10:45of the tax rate,
10:45but we haven't seen the effect.
10:46It's a phenomenon.
10:47It's stuck.
10:48What's the problem, Mr. Manath?
10:51Actually, it depends on
10:52the employer and the employee.
10:54Yes.
10:54But my upskill is that
10:55in one exam,
10:57the employee must
10:59upskill during the working hours.
11:01Yes.
11:01But after 8 hours,
11:02the employee must take a break
11:04for a few minutes
11:05to upskill.
11:07Now, we have a company
11:08to prepare for the exam.
11:09Yes.
11:10If you have a high-quality chemical,
11:13a high-quality chemical
11:13or a high-quality chemical
11:14that has been in the factory for a long time,
11:15you can upskill
11:16to increase the learning rate
11:19compared to the year-to-year
11:20that we are doing.
11:21Yes.
11:22Yes.
11:23The high-quality chemical
11:24that we are doing now.
11:25Yes.
11:26Yes.
11:26Mr. Manath,
11:26if we talk about the low-power price of Thailand,
11:29compared to other neighboring countries in ASEAN,
11:32Yes.
11:32do you think you are more
11:34or less than other countries?
11:36Can you compete with them now?
11:37In our Asian group,
11:39we are at the very beginning
11:41in the Asian group.
11:43Yes.
11:43Because if it's four countries,
11:44we don't have to talk about it.
11:46It's our country.
11:47We will be a bit like Malaysia.
11:48And we will do some part of Brunei.
11:51We will do some part of it.
11:53But Singapore is not that much.
11:55Yes.
11:55We are at the very beginning
11:57in the Asian group of four countries.
11:59Yes.
11:59We are at the very beginning
12:00in the Asian group of four countries.
12:02Yes.
12:02We are at the very beginning
12:03in the Asian group of four countries.
12:05Yes.
12:05We are at the very beginning
12:06in the Asian group of four countries.
12:08Yes.
12:08We are at the very beginning
12:09in the Asian group of four countries.
12:10Yes.
12:11We are at the very beginning
12:12in the Asian group of four countries.
12:13Yes.
12:13We are at the very beginning
12:14in the Asian group of four countries.
12:15Yes.
12:16We are at the very beginning
12:17in the Asian group of four countries.
12:18Yes.
12:19We are at the very beginning
12:20in the Asian group of four countries.
12:21Yes.
12:22We are at the very beginning
12:23in the Asian group of four countries.
12:24Yes.
12:25We are at the very beginning
12:26in the Asian group of four countries.