On August 8, 2022, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned Secretariat to the Labour Minister, Mr. Suthep Chitvong, to chair the opening remarks at the occupational health and safety academic seminar in the Eastern region in Chonburi Province for 2022. The event was called the “Forward Culture of Prevention for Safety Thailand” to promote collaboration on creating a preventive Thai culture for occupational health, safety, and sustainable well-being. The event also presented plaques of honour to establishments that have passed the criteria for the Zero Accident Campaign 2022 at the gold level for the first year in the eastern region. A total of 12 awards were given out. Deputy Provincial Governor of Chonburi, Mr. Niti Wiwatwanich, gave a welcoming. Assistant Ministers from the Prime Minister’s Office, performing duties for the Ministry of Labour, Mr. Suthi Sukosol, and Sergeant Major Yossingh Liamlert also participated in the event. The Director of the Thailand Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Mr. Waranon Pitiwan, reported on the event’s objectives. The occasion took place at the Ballroom, Nikko Hotel, Amata City, Chonburi, Chonburi Province.
Mr. Suthep said that the government under the leadership of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense General Prayuth Chan-ocha, and Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, who oversees the Ministry of Labour, gives importance to strengthening Thai society as a preventive culture for occupational safety and health, and sustainable well-being. Their efforts are also focused on driving the vision of Thailand 4.0 to develop into the “Workforce 4.0” by creating a learning system to develop the quality of workers and awareness, leading to an increase in important knowledge for effective work and building a sustainable safety culture. Today, the Labour Minister, Mr. Suchart Chomklin, assigned Mr. Suthep to chair the opening speech of the seminar on occupational safety and health in the Eastern region in Chonburi Province for 2022. The event aligns with the concept of creating three values of safety at work, which Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha said at the opening ceremony of the 34th National Occupational Safety and Health Fair, which is awareness, correct discipline, generosity, and care. He encouraged all relevant sectors to apply this value to help workers’ good health and safety.
The event aims to drive employees, employers, and related parties from the public and private sectors to realize the importance of occupational safety, health, and the working environment. It aims to reduce the severity and loss arising from insecurity at work, especially working conditions in the new normal. It aims to build a preventative Thai cultural network toward occupational safety, health, and sustainable well-being.
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Division of Public Relation
8 August 2022
