Editor;
Asia has become a major player in rewriting the global
economy crisis response script, with China and India in the spotlight taking
center stage. Over the next decade, the region’s ongoing revitalization will
give it an increasingly important, bravo command performance starring role.
The West has a lot to learn from the proud heritage,
philosophical insights, spiritual consciousness and inspiring dynamism of
the East - and vice-versa. Infrastructure, Health and Education policies
must be able to deliver sustainable growth and ensure progressive measures
which will impact positively on future generations.
The .com era of Global Transformation for the entire
planet features a variety of “C” Challenges and Concerns, such as:
Communication, Competition, Cooperation, Collaboration, Capacitation,
Conservation, Capital Controls and Climate Change.
The extensive and profound interaction between Humankind
and Nature require appreciation of and respect for tolerant Multiversity.
Save Our Earth “green” initiatives emphasize the need to tackle and deal
with acute problems resulting from the depletion of the finite energy
resources which are largely non-renewable. Water and food shortfalls also
require more equitable, shared solutions.
As an expanding regional hub from car production to
medical services, Thailand’s strengths include its strategic location, its
gateway accessibility, its multi-cultural traditions and the welcoming
hospitality of it visitor-friendly populace.
The Travel & Tourism should:
* Expand environmental awareness of ecotourism and
agrotourism;
* Offer meet-the-people and home stay learning options;
* Promote village cooperative OTOP high quality product
marketing;
* Create additional renewable energy solar farms, wind
and biomass projects;
* Eliminate the double pricing scheme which many regard
as discriminatory and unfair.
Competitively priced holistic health spa and hospital
wellness hub businesses must all become globally accredited, offering a wide
range of professional job opportunities to trained personnel in the areas of
medical, surgical, dental, optical, spiritual and herbal massage services.
Young entrepreneurs need government assistance and supportive guidance to
successfully start their own money-making ventures.
ICT market advancements in social media have increased
wireless internet demand for Smartphones, mininotebooks, media tablets,
E-readers and ipads. To become a viable academic hub meeting international
standards, the monolithic Ministry of Education should rethink priorities to
ensure a free-thinking self-access curriculum which focuses on reinforcing
functional life coping skills in order to prepare each and every student to
become a secure, self-confident global citizen.
Dr. Charles Frederickson
Bangkok
