'Registering poor no good'
The registering of the country's poor is contrary to His Majesty the King's sufficiency-economy theory, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Kosit Panpiemras.
"I feel uncomfortable with the previous administration's registration of poor people because it drags them away from self reliance," Kosit said in his opening address at a workshop promoting well being at the provincial level. He said the poor needed to be self-reliant if they were to become better off financially. Giving farmers fertiliser and cash will not help them in the long term because they still incur debt, he said. "I believe sufficiency-economy principles can be used to tackle poverty," Kosit said. He said he had yet to discuss with Interior Ministry officials the previous administration's plans for solving poverty - including the registration of those living below the bread line.
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