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ISOPTIK The Hi-End Eyeglasses Centre 26-09-2021

Thai Canal World Capital "Dig the Thai Canal with Bobi style instantly increase 's income by 10 times within 10 years"

Extraordinary Subcommittee consider to study of Thai Canal Excavation. House of Representatives prepare to push forward the project. “Excavation the Thai Canal” is a national agenda, aim to finish within 3 years .After visiting the area for the survey and learning with relevant parties and received overwhelming support since it is an efficient project. Generate money into the country not lower than 4 trillion baht per year. Now, there are foreigners interested in investing and contacted such as American and Chinese. In which is confident that this project will be beneficial and will not affect the stability. 1.Excavation the Thai Canal by giving concession 30 years, Thai government will receive

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concession fee of 30 trillion baht on the day of signing the contract. 2. Singapore pays another 3 trillion baht per year for renting the Thai Canal project. 3. Singapore invests in full amount. 4. Profit from the project of Thai Canal divided in half. 5. The main income of the Thai Canal comes from largest commodity trading center throughout the length of the canal 137 kilometers .Commercial value more than 300 trillion baht yearly. 5.1 World-class transportation and distribution center. 5.2 Double-track motorway railway network. 5.3 Large international airport with a convenient system in the transportation of goods both by water and by air. Fashionable, fast , accurate, economical and best in the world. 6. World-class ship maintenance center. 7. World-class fresh water, oil and food supply center. 8. World-class entertainment center, food, drink and Thai massage. 9. World-class medical center. 10. World-class Tourism center, cruise center and yacht mooring center. 11. Housing center for foreigners rent for 30 years example detached house 300 square wa = 30 million baht, Total 1 million unit = 30 trillion baht (Price in Singapore each = 8 billion baht) generate money to Thailand 400 trillion baht yearly from the development of the Thai Canal in cooperation with Singapore. Japanese is interested in Thai Canal, send people to gain information and excited about the new sea route. The management of the Japan Foreign Trade Organization or JETRO is interested in excavation the Thai Canal in the South and sends a team to meet with the Thai private sector and hoping to see a new sea route

The reporter reported that after the previous General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Head of the NCPO has issued a letter ordering the National Economic, Social Development Council and the National Security Council of the two organizations to join and study in detail about the Thai Canal project, have had a lot of people sector and public sector propose to accelerate the study about Thai Canal in detail to the government to build stability to the country economic in future. The progress of the Thai Canal as mentioned. General Phongthep Thetprateep, president of the Thai Canal Association for Education and Development revealed that last week, the management of the Japan Foreign Trade Organization or JETRO came to Bangkok with Mr. Katsumi Abe, Director of Economic Analysis and Mr. Riyo Higamada, senoir economist of Asia have requested to meet to know the intention to run the Thai Canal project this time, it was accepted by the government including the possibility of new sea routes in Southern Thailand.

General Phongthep Thetprateep confirmed that from preliminary study results Thai Canal project that there will be a lot of benefits when connect the two ocean together, which in addition to the continuing growth of the Thai economy and it will also benefit the world’s economy infinitely especially it will be the world’s first large canal with economic development areas on both sides of the Thai Canal, up to 270 kilometers, while the canal that connect the oceans around the world cannot have two developed area of the canal. He confirmed the

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construction of the Thai canal.

Apart from the shortening the maritime distance of the Malacca Strait, most importantly it create better economic on both sides of the ocean of Thailand forever. The Thai Canal will not aimed to accommodate ships passing through Singapore Strait only but will accommodate large ships passing through the Lombok Strait and the Sundra Strait, it also aims to accommodate the fleet , in the future that will increase the number of shipments of three hundred thousand to five hundred thousand.

The Thai Canal will solve the problem of pirates, it will increase the prices of agricultural crops 1-2 times.

Today, the price of rubber in Thailand is 30-40 baht per kilograms, but the price of rubber in Singapore it is almost 200 baht per kilogram.

General Pongthep added that the idea of constructing the Thai Canal is not too late because the maritime transport business has only few restrictions different from land and air transports have massive restrictions, transportation costs are also very high. If Thailand built the Thai Canal, we will a superhighway transport route different from the current Bangkok port. Laem Chabang port is like a port in an alley, we have to transfer the products to Singapore port up to 90 percent, resulting in higher product costs and from the preliminary study results to confirm that where there are ports or seaports those cities are all rich from almost all the ocean economy, whether it is the , Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Japan, Korea and including all the ports of India. This includes the tourism business of the country will develop more if the Thai Canal finish because there will be water around 3 sides. However, there may be some negative impacts, but as we now have technology, modern innovations that can prevent and fix those impacts in any form.

The Thai Canal (formerly known as Kra Canal or Kra Isthmus Canal) refers to a plan to build a large that cuts through southern Thailand, to support inland transportation and to connect with .

The canal construction ideas can be up to 1677 AD in King the Great period, He asked the French engineer, de Lamar to study the feasibility of building a waterway through the isthmus to connect with Myeik (currently in Myanmar) but technology at that time had not yet advanced enough. In 1793, the concept was revived by the younger brother of King Phra Phutthayodfa Chulalok. It propsed construction to protect the west coast from foreign warships after Myanmar was colonized by England in 1863 the area was explored, but found that it could not be constructed. In 1882, the engineer who built the , Ferdinand de Lesseps, visited the area, but not granted permission from the King of Thailand to explore in detail. In 1897, Siam and the British Empire agreed that no canal will be built in the area, to protect the total trade control of the Singapore port. CR : https://bit.ly/3hF7yFe Benefits from Digging the Thai Canal

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It is said that digging of Thai Canal is a concept that arose due to the need for canal exploitation. It is important to bring economic development of the country but the reasons for the security and the existence of the state, the state’s decision makers were never neglected in considering every decision. However, the excavation of the Thai Canal not just economic benefits or state stability in being the only strategic route for the country but the Thai Canal still can benefit to other countries as a new alternative to regional and global shipping routes. Details can be classified into 3 points (Surasak Thongphet, 2005) as follows. Domestic Economic Development Benefits Expected benefits from the Kra Canal in domestic economic development can be classified as follows.

Point1. 1. Stimulating economic development by raising funds it will create a flow of capital into the country, causing saving and public investment. 2. Digging the Thai Canal will become a huge project, which creates employment within the country including other construction projects such as the construction of deep water ports, construction of infrastructure projects and etc. 3. Receiving income from collecting toll fees, fees for using the jetty and includes other expenses that ships need to use, such as fuel, food, supplies, fresh water and etc. 4. The possibility of development in the area of large deep water jetty to be a warehouse for loading and unloading goods for import or export goods for the benefit of the economy, commerce, maritime or to develop as a regional and global center comparable to the port of Singapore or Hong Kong. 5. The presence of Thai Canal could be stimulation for the country’s heavy industry such as the ship building industry or other maritime related companies. Point2. Thai Canal is an important strategic route of the country. The Canal connecting both sides of the country will be shortcuts that facilitates, for stability and trade. Warships or government vessels, including fishing vessels and Thai merchant ships, don’t need to go to Malay Peninsula and Singapore. This reduce travel costs, such as saving fuel, shortening the travel time and speeding up national security operations, so having the Thai Canal will become a route that facilities state security operations, as well as being an important strategic route of the country.

Point3. It is a new alternative sea route to the world. The Khod Kra Canal will be another shipping route that connects the and the Pacific Ocean besides from Malacca which sailing from Europe to the Middle East or India to go East Asia or North America from the past until the present the straits of Malacca is still the main route for ships as above route. Although there is an alternative by going to Sundra Strait or Lombok Strait, which these routes requires more travel time, although the current importance routes is Malacca Strait to Singapore, but if the Thai Canal dig project occurs, the navigation route of Thai Canal will be a new choice of being the route of navigation of regions and of the world. Impacts from the Thai Canal

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A study on the impacts of the excavation of the Thai Canal in key areas: environmental, political, stability, and social aspects (Korcha Pattaphong, 2003; Attaporn Boromsuk, 2010) are as follows: 1. Environmental impacts-include impacts of marine ecosystem, such as causing water traffic problems the occurrence of oil pollution, the filth of the sea when more people live in the port area, industrial toxins. Animal and plants in the coastal seas get an impact from those as above. Changes in the tidal range and the flow of water through canals and there may be pathogens or parasites pass through the canal to the sea on both sides. 2. Economic impacts are as follows: 2.1 Large ships, tank ships and Cargo ships can reduce shipping costs from shortening shipping distances and save time. Using a route through the Thai Canal, Thailand benefited directly from the canal toll collection, marine commercial port development and industrial development along both sides of the canal and in the vicinity. 2.2 ASEAN countries (including Singapore) will benefit from the economic development of trade in the region. 2.3 Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, as major consumer goods manufacturers, will benefit from trade with countries in Europe, the Middle East and the Indian Peninsula. 2.4 As other countries in this region China and India will benefit from the expansion of trade and the convenience of navigation connecting the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. In addition Pakdee Thanapura (2016) said that the Thai Canal will create a special economy and make Thailand very prosperous economy, also creating jobs generate income for many Thai people, 3. Impacts on stability- Most stability problems caused by ideology, nationality and religion. This can be solved with governance, administration and management, although the separatist movement still exists, but separating itself into an independent state is not easy because it must comply with international law. 4. Social impacts- Most likely social problems are expected to happen most of the time in an area , that will be the canal line. In other words, the problem will be a problem that arises from one problem leading to another problem, if not getting attention and planning to plan a solution first. As a result, almost all major development projects have been created in the past, means those affected are not receiving the assistance they should. CR : https://bit.ly/34BTgkX

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