Published on December 15, 2005
It was brief and sweeping, said one foreign participant after hearing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatras 15-minute speech urging foreign nations to invest in Thailands mega projects. Another foreign participant noted that the show, under the theme Partnership for Develop-ment, was impressive as it offered a one-stop service to interested foreign investors, and the premier and all ministers were available in one room to talk to foreign diplomats and representatives at the reception which followed.
The on-stage session was orchestrated so that it finished immediately after the premier had completed his brief speech, which touched on a wide range of mega projects from mass transit, logistics and transport to water management, bio-diversity management, e-education, e-health, agriculture , science and technology and even culture and defence.
There was no question-and-answer session after as all who attended were led to a reception room where several booths were set up to provide more details about each of the area mentioned by the premier in his speech.
Some 75 diplomats and 20 to 30 foreign agency officials from about 40 countries attended.
Dictionary:
sweeping :- 1. (ADJ) กว้างใหญ่ไพศาล,กว้างขวาง, (syn.) wide-ranging; broad; wide; all-embracing
:- 2. (ADJ) ท่วมท้น,เด็ดขาด, โดยสมบูรณ์, (syn.) overwhelming; complete
:- 3. (ADJ) ครอบคลุม,ครอบคลุมไปทั่ว, (syn.) comprehensive; extensive; thorough
:- 4. (N) การกวาด,การปัดกวาด, (syn.)
diplomat :- 1. (N) นักการทูต,เอกอัครราชทูต, ทูต, ผู้ที่ต่อรองอย่างมีชั้นเชิง, ผู้ชำนาญในการคบค้าสมาคม, (syn.) diplomatist; envoy representative
reception :- 1. (N) การรับไว้,, (syn.) acceptance; accession
orchestrate :- 1. (VT) ประพันธ์โน้ตดนตรีแก่วงดนตรี,, (syn.)
:- 2. (VI) ประพันธ์โน้ตดนตรีแก่วงดนตรี,, (syn.)
defence :- 1. (N) การป้องกัน,การแก้ต่าง, (syn.)
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