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[Lite Beer]

Thai PM opens "Thai Kitchen to the World" event to promote Thai food industry
  


SYDNEY, May 27 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra opened the 'Thailand: Kitchen to the World' event in Australia to promote the Thai food industry while encouraging more Thai investment in that country.

The premier is visiting Australia from May 26 to 29 as a guest of the Australian Government and as part of activities celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between both nations.

Ms Yingluck earlier today met with 60 Thai businesspeople in Sydney to discuss and exchange ideas on trade and investment, as well as guidelines on how to promote Thai products in the Australian market.

Before presiding the ceremony, the prime minister provided a cooking demonstration on a Thai spicy salad which was well received by Australian media.

She gave a speech on her government's policy to promote "Thai Kitchen to the World," affirming Thailand as a major food exporting country that can contribute to food security under changing world condition, in which global warming and natural disasters may lead to food shortages.

According to Ms Yingluck, Thailand earns over US$20 billion from exporting food and is one of the world's leading rice exporters, while Australia is one of Thailand's main rice buyers at over 110,000 tonnes/year, with a growth rate of 5-10 percent annually.

She noted her hope that Thai food will remain listed as one of Australians' favourite cuisines, as it has consistently been ranked in the top-five in past years as popular food in the country.

The Thai government's "Thailand: Kitchen to the World" project aims to promote Thai food products, create awareness of food security concerns, and produce high-quality foods complying with international standards at competitive prices, with strategies covering the whole process from finding materials to add product value and aid distribution.

The Yingluck administration's main strategies include (1) expanding agriculture and food business, (2) adding value to agricultural produce with high-technology production processes, (3) supporting cooperation at regional and international levels, and (4) supporting Thai investments abroad, especially in building a network of Thai restaurant overseas.

The Commerce Ministry has worked on such strategies in many countries, including Australia, in order for Thai cuisine to be well known through Thai restaurants and department stores selling Thai food products worldwide, the premier said.

On Sunday afternoon local time, the prime minister visited Thai restaurants and Thai food importers at a Thai town area on Campbell Rd in Sydney. She will then fly to Canberra afterwards. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2012-05-27

[Jingthing]

She did a cooking show?

[ratcatcher]

At last, "Thailand the Hub of Cooking (the books)"

On another note, I am sure we've seen this before, but has she ever been in a kitchen?

[Lite Beer]

PM aims to make Thailand global food reserve

SYDNEY, 27 May 2012 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra presided over the opening ceremony of “Thailand: Kitchen to the World” during her visit to Sydney, Australia, while hoping to promote Thailand as a global food reserve for the future.

At the launch of “Thailand: Kitchen to the World” in Sydney, Australia, the Thai premier stated that Thai food is one of the country's world-renowned products and is also one of the top 5 favourites of the Australian people. As an important food producer and rice exporter of the world, Thailand generates a revenue of over 20 billion dollars a year from food export alone. Australia imports over 1.10 billion dollars of rice from Thailand each year, while Thailand is the fifth largest exporter of food products to Australia.

Ms. Yingluck explained that “Thailand: Kitchen to the World” will not only serve to advertise Thai food products to the world, but will also raise global awareness on the issue of food security. The PM stressed on enhancing the quality of food and food products to meet international safety standards while still maintaining a competitive price in the market.

The PM also reiterated that the event will expand Thailand's agriculture and food sectors while adding more value to agricultural products with high technology in production. Meanwhile, Thai entrepreneurs will benefit from overseas investment promotions while the establishment of a Thai restaurant network abroad will be facilitated. Additionally, regional and international cooperation will be boosted under such frameworks as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

Aimed at promoting and supporting the Thai food industry overseas, “Thailand: Kitchen to the World” is held as part of the Thai Food Week at Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney, Australia. The event is participated by Thai restaurants in Sydney, Thai food product importers and Thai business entrepreneurs.


-- NNT 2012-05-27

[uranuss]

kitchen to the world....? it doesnt sound like correct english,as, miracle thailand, doesnt.Is it losing face to employ someone who can speak english like what i do.

[weka]

Good girl, well done

[DNPBC0]

Great news from the PM of Thailand. It shows some vision for the future at a time when global food security is increasingly threatened by population growth, water shortages, energy uncertainties and climate change. Thailand is in a good position to make a positive response, but farmers here are very badly remunerated, poorly resourced in terms of modern technology and seriously undervalued as keystones of the nation. I am hoping that Yingluk will lead a revitalisation of Thai agriculture and the status of farmers.

[rubl]

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hoping to promote Thailand as a global food reserve for the future.

This explains the various price pledging schemes which ensure stockpiled food reserves :-)

[bigbamboo]

Good promo stuff by our yummy Yingluck, Thailand's answer to England's Nigella .

Only one quibble, how does price fixing rice here make it more competitive on the international market?

Edited by bigbamboo, Today, 15:44 .

[Time Traveller]

The first article says that Australia imports 110,000 tonnes of Thai rice per year. The second article says that Australia imports over $1.1 billion dollars worth of Thai rice per year....Implying they buy the rice at $10,000 (THB 310,000) per tonne. Either the Thai journalists are lying, or those Aussie are paying too much for their rice.

Edited by Time Traveller, Today, 16:15 .

[Moruya]

Time Traveller, on Today, 16:14 , said:

The first article says that Australia imports 110,000 tonnes of Thai rice per year. The second article says that Australia imports over $1.1 billion dollars worth of Thai rice per year....Implying they buy the rice at $10,000 (THB 310,000) per tonne. Either the Thai journalists are lying, or those Aussie are paying too much for their rice.

They may have paid 10,000B per tonne but it will be much more now with the half witted scheme now in place

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[Buchholz]

Lite Beer, on Today, 14:36 , said:

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra presided over the opening ceremony of Thailand: Kitchen to the World

DNPBC0, on Today, 15:23 , said:

Great news from the PM of Thailand. It shows some vision for the future at a time when global food security is increasingly threatened by population growth, water shortages, energy uncertainties and climate change. Thailand is in a good position to make a positive response, but farmers here are very badly remunerated, poorly resourced in terms of modern technology and seriously undervalued as keystones of the nation. I am hoping that Yingluk will lead a revitalisation of Thai agriculture and the status of farmers.

News from the previous PM of Thailand in a speech during the 20th World Economic Forum on East Asia nearly a year ago on 13 June 2011:


In the food industry, Thailand has long been known as the Kitchen of the World, not only from our wealth of tastes and spices, but as the world's biggest rice exporter.


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Edited by Buchholz, A minute ago.