BangkokPost.com, Published: 31/08/2009 at 11:40 AM
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva wants Thailand to be the creative centre of Asean industry, with the value of creative industry products to rise from 12 per cent to 20 per cent of gross domestic product by 2012.
"The government recognises the importance of creative industries by combining the country's cultural assets with technological and innovative knowledge to come up with products with distinctive features," the prime minister said at a seminar on creative industries on Monday morning.
"These products would bring about sustainable development and allow Thailand to be the country of thinkers," he said.
The government planned to set up a new state agency responsible for overseeing creative industry within six months.
The government would develop information technology infrastructure for 3G and WiMax, and provide laws to support creative industries, he said.
"This project comes under the government's economic stimulus plan in the second phase," Mr Abhisit said.
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