Posted 2012-02-23 06:48:45
PM worries cheaper tablets may not be good
THE NATION
BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday she was doubtful about the quality of the tablet computers after the per-unit price in the budget plan had dropped from more than Bt3,000 to just Bt2,500.
"The premier has instructed the Education Ministry to review the specifications to ensure that the devices are worth it," PM's deputy secretary-general Thitima Chaisang said in her capacity as acting government spokesperson.
According to her, the Education Ministry was seeking Bt1.79 billion for its plan to hand out 800,000 tablets to Pathom 1 students under the government's One Tablet Per Child Policy. The Budget Bureau was, in fact, prepared to allocate about Bt1.93 billion for the purpose.
Thitima was speaking after she emerged from the Cabinet meeting.
During the meeting, the Cabinet approved in principle the plan to arrange the procurement of tablets from China via a government-to-government contract. The foreign minister has been tasked with appointing representatives to lead negotiations on the procurement with the Chinese government as resolved by the Cabinet.
The resolution has also assigned the Information and Communications Technology Ministry to arrange the procurement, prepare Wi-Fi services and develop systems to facilitate the use of these devices for learning purposes.
The ministry's Office of the Permanent Secretary will be responsible of reimbursing the Budget Bureau, except for the portions Bangkok Metropolitan Administra-tion and Pattaya City will be using to implement the plan.
 -- The Nation 2012-02-23
Posted 2012-02-23 07:45:58
Quote The foreign minister has been tasked with appointing representatives to lead negotiations on the procurement with the Chinese government as resolved by the Cabinet.
Cue Thaksin's/Yingluck's cousin to enter the disastrous coordination of a doomed "scheme."
They want him to lead negotiations for a massive procurement, distribution, and implementation plan.... and they think they'll have everything finalized and in place by their announced May start time.
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Posted 2012-02-23 07:54:37
But surely now-PM Yingluck promised the students notebooks like her own one, wasn't it a reasonable Samsung-product, which she displayed pre-election ? Is she only now beginning to doubt her ability to deliver ?
She should read ThaiVisa, where the flaws have been widely-discussed, for months now !
Never mind ... it was only a 'pre-election promise'. 
Posted 2012-02-23 07:56:58
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Her son probably told her they were crap
Posted 2012-02-23 08:06:26
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 Ricardo, on 2012-02-23 07:54:37, said:
But surely now-PM Yingluck promised the students notebooks like her own one, wasn't it a reasonable Samsung-product, which she displayed pre-election ? Is she only now beginning to doubt her ability to deliver ?
She should read ThaiVisa, where the flaws have been widely-discussed, for months now !
Never mind ... it was only a 'pre-election promise'.
By stating the proposed tablets are too cheap, it's a way to justify an even higher expenditure than the Billions already allocated. 
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Posted 2012-02-23 08:09:29
If the incredible genius that is Yingluck says so , I believe!
Posted 2012-02-23 08:24:33
Looks like 140M Baht has disappeared then. Nothing new there.
-mel.
Posted 2012-02-23 08:36:51
Pre election promises mean nothing Tony Blair promised the British a referendum on Europe.
Any left wing govt is a bad thing.
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Posted 2012-02-23 08:40:34
Of course they are not good. Anything less than the first Ipad is basicly crap.
Posted 2012-02-23 09:12:41
They probably discovered that at the current price there was not enough left over for all the bribes attendant to anything procured by the Thai government
Posted 2012-02-23 09:32:52
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Some member of the government who can count past 10 without taking his shoes off must have pointed out that they are promising more than the country's resources allow. Of course, they can't publicly announce the cancellation of an election promise, so they cast doubts in the interest of greater efficiency, form an investigative committee which sits rarely if at all, and delay implementation until investigating committee, costing committee and implementation committee have made the final reports.
That way the only expense is the honorarium to the committee members, who (surprise, surprise) are MPs from the government party seeking a little extra cream on their gateau.
Posted 2012-02-23 09:41:21
englishinsiam, on 2012-02-23 08:36:51, said:
Pre election promises mean nothing Tony Blair promised the British a referendum on Europe.
Any left wing govt is a bad thing.
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Yeah, give a fascist jingoistic government any day. 
Posted 2012-02-23 09:48:04
Well whoop dee freakin' doo
Posted 2012-02-23 10:43:58
No shit?
Posted 2012-02-23 10:47:11
I Worried that all my decisions are wrong
So What, whos is going to stop me 
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Posted 2012-02-23 11:08:04
2,500 Baht per unit? No shit. What is left for the tea-money? Better up the price a bit.
Posted 2012-02-23 11:08:20
Buchholz, on 2012-02-23 07:45:58, said:
Quote The foreign minister has been tasked with appointing representatives to lead negotiations on the procurement with the Chinese government as resolved by the Cabinet.
Cue Thaksin's/Yingluck's cousin to enter the disastrous coordination of a doomed "scheme."
They want him to lead negotiations for a massive procurement, distribution, and implementation plan.... and they think they'll have everything finalized and in place by their announced May start time.
And Thaksin is in Bejing at the moment, Coincidence? I don't think so. How much is the Shinawatra family making off of this as the middleman in this transaction?
Posted 2012-02-23 11:19:13
What happend with the Samsung Galaxy you were waving around during the election campaign?
Posted 2012-02-23 11:27:47
Moruya, on 2012-02-23 07:56:58, said:
Her son probably told her they were crap
The best, probably most accurate post I have read on here for years.
Posted 2012-02-23 11:34:16
Ricardo, on 2012-02-23 07:54:37, said:
But surely now-PM Yingluck promised the students notebooks like her own one, wasn't it a reasonable Samsung-product, which she displayed pre-election ? Is she only now beginning to doubt her ability to deliver ?
She should read ThaiVisa, where the flaws have been widely-discussed, for months now !
Never mind ... it was only a 'pre-election promise'. yeah... nothing different with western politicians 
Posted 2012-02-23 12:05:29
MEL1, on 2012-02-23 08:24:33, said:
Looks like 140M Baht has disappeared then. Nothing new there.
-mel.
same same any investment in LOS.. Na Kop 
Posted 2012-02-23 12:05:36
Have they even decided what these things are supposed to be running on them? For simple learning games and text books I fail to see why the latest and greatest is of any importance. I think they need to establish a software plan before the hardware even becomes a concern. They are putting these in the hands of children so they need to be rugged and inexpensive to repair/replace because having them break is inevitable. The whole scheme just seems half-baked.
Posted 2012-02-23 12:30:36
No, the point of this whole "scheme" is to profit the people who will provide the tablets, infrastructure, wi-fi access, upgrades and before this is all said and done they will decide that while this scheme failed we owe it to the students to do it right the next time. and off we will go with another round of spending for no real return for the students only profits and payoffs for those involved in the procurement process.
Posted 2012-02-23 12:33:13
Quote PM Yingluck Worries Cheaper Computer Tablets May Not Be Good
Hope she doesn't loose any sleep over it. Micromanagement at it's best.
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Posted 2012-02-23 12:57:56
SlideRiceFC, on 2012-02-23 12:05:36, said:
Have they even decided what these things are supposed to be running on them? For simple learning games and text books I fail to see why the latest and greatest is of any importance. I think they need to establish a software plan before the hardware even becomes a concern. They are putting these in the hands of children so they need to be rugged and inexpensive to repair/replace because having them break is inevitable. The whole scheme just seems half-baked.
A pdf reader and calculator. Thrown in a flash player and Thai (English not needed) dictionary. That's all it need for a Por 1.
Edited by sparebox2, 2012-02-23 12:58:20.
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