BANGKOK, 8 August 2014 – Deep South authorities announced on Thursday they will go ahead with 11 projects that will complement efforts to tackle unrest in the area, under a 106 million baht budget.
The initiative, one of the fruits of the recent restructuring of major agencies tasked with the solving of the southern unrest, was revealed by Colonel Pramot Phrom-in, spokesperson of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 Forward Command. According to him, the new projects were deemed as being in accord with demands from the public as well as demands in the aspect of internal security.
Among the issues the projects endeavor to address was the oversupply of mangosteen and longkong. 6,100 tons of mangosteen and 10,400 tons of longkong will have been produced by the end of the current season. Officials purchased 1,100 tons of mangosteen from orchards, and have been able to sell about 700 tons of the purchased fruits. Col. Pramot added that some of the produce will be distributed nationwide, by means of allocating 10 tons to be sold in each and every province. This initiative will be carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, under a budget of 37 million baht.
