INDUSTRY TO INVEST 8 BILLION BAHT ON POLLUTION CONTROL
AT MAB TA PHUT
 Industrial operators at Mab Ta Phut Industrial Estate have agreed to invest about Bt8
billion in importing pollution control equipment and installing it at their plants near the
eastern resort of Rayong, said Deputy Industry Minister Piyabutr Cholvijarn.
The state-run Board of Investment will in return offer a tax reduction on imported
equipment of as much as 70 per cent for three years, said Mr. Piyabutr.
As an additional incentive, the Finance Ministry will also deduct corporate tax for
industrial facilities that have invested in equipment for pollution control, at double the
actual cost of the investment.
“Overall pollution must be reduced at the industrial zone”, Mr. Piyabutr said, “otherwise new plants cannot be built there as the level of environmental waste has already reached its maximum permissible level.”
Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Kosit Panpiemras has affirmed repeatedly that he will control pollution emitted by industrial plants at Mab Ta Phut. Mr. Kosit has pledged to reduce contamination in the area in the coming months as new plants await permission to establish factories at the estate. The total investment by these new plants amounts to some Bt200 billion.
 “The Ministry of Industry is planning new regulatory statutes on collecting tax on plants which release pollution and to introduce pollution control measures at
Mab Ta Phut Industrial estate and at other industrial estates across the country”, said Mr. Piyabutr.
Mr. Piyabutr's remarks were made after the non-governmental Eastern People's Network group met last Friday and renewed its call for the government to stop pollution in Rayong and threatened to hold a major demonstration on April 28 if their demands are not met. (TNA).
Source: Pattaya Mail Vol. XV No. 17 – Friday April 27 th – 3 rd May2007
A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTECH EXHIBITIORS
“Time waits for no man.” “He who hesitates is lost.” You certainly don't want phrases like these running through your head because you didn't act upon the opportunity to exhibit at Entech Pollutec Asia and Renewable Energy Asia 2007 – the only specialized environmental exhibition in Thailand. There are now just a few weeks left before the event opens - and space has almost gone.
This year's show packs more business opportunity than ever for environmentally oriented business. Government officials, Executives and Engineers from many of the industries located at Mab ta phut will be at the show. They will be looking for answers to their pollution problems.
NOW IS THE TIME! DON'T DELAY!
Entech Pollutec Asia and Renewable Energy Asia 2007 will run from 6-9 June 2007 at BITEC exhibition center in Bangkok. Although the exhibition is almost full, good space is still available. Because of the ever-present on-going publicity about environmental concerns, 2007 is expected to be a record year for the event. International participation is considerable and over 15,000 trade visitors are expected at what will almost certainly be the biggest show ever.
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